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Shaoquett Moselmane

May 2021

The China debate took its darkest turn last month when talk of a possible war, if Beijing invaded Taiwan, started coming out of Canberra.

Every day is a new low point with China

Relations will never go back to where they were. But a more balanced China debate will help to ensure hostilities do not get any worse.

  • Michael Smith

October 2020

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China cotton ban raises fears of new trade tactics by Beijing

Cotton farmers are reeling after Chinese mills were told to stop using Australian crop in latest round of economic punishment.

  • Andrew Tillett and Phillip Coorey

September 2020

Xinhua said Yang Jingzhong was one of four journalists targeted in raids linked to a foreign interference investigation involving NSW Labor MP Shaoquett Moselmane.

Chinese journalist says dawn raids by ASIO traumatised his daughter

China's state news agency, Xinhua, published a detailed account by one of four journalists it said were targeted in raids linked to a foreign interference investigation.

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  • Michael Smith
Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton says slanted coverage is a concern.

'Slanted views': Dutton puts foreign journalists on notice

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says there is no evidence Australian correspondents were put in peril because of raids on Chinese journalists.

  • Andrew Tillett
The Australian Financial Review's China correspondent Michael Smith was swept up in a dramatic international incident.

Were we caught up in a Sino-Australian tit-for-tat row?

The Australian Financial Review's China correspondent wonders if ASIO's raids on the homes of Chinese journalists in Australia endangered three Australians working in China.

  • Michael Smith
AFR journalist Mike Smith with ABC journalist Bill Birtles as they prepared to leave China on Monday night.

A tit for tat with no end point

A get-tough policy on China with no apparent goal has left Australia as the only developed country without media representation in the country.

  • Geoff Raby
Australian Financial Review journalist Michael Smith has been forced to return from China.

China crisis is situation normal

Chinese media say Australian outrage at interrogation of correspondents is hypocritical after ASIO did the same to Chinese journalists in Australia.

  • Jennifer Hewett
Illustration: Matt Davidson

China think tanks sever academic ties as hostilities rise

Academics from Chinese government think tanks and universities are severing ties with their Australian counterparts, saying they fear they will be treated like spies.

  • Michael Smith

June 2020

Scott Morrison will unveil an extra $1.35 billion in spending on cyber security on Tuesday.

PM goes on billion-dollar cyber war footing amid China tensions

More than 500 new cyber spies will be recruited as part of a record $1.35 billion increase to strengthen the nation's cyber defences.

  • Andrew Tillett and Michael Smith

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