Today
Former publisher Jimmy Lai testifies in HK national security trial
The founder of the now shut down Apple Daily pro-democracy newspaper was arrested in 2020 during a crackdown on mass protests that rocked Hong Kong.
- Kanis Leung
G20 goes soft on Russia as Putin threatens to use nuclear weapons
The G20 has ended with a whimper with watered-down statements on Russia, climate change and the Middle East.
- Phillip Coorey
Yesterday
- Opinion
- The AFR View
China should practise what it preaches on free trade
The best way Beijing can persuade the US it is playing fair is to open up its domestic market so America can share in its success.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- China relations
Xi got his message across, but calls to oppose protectionism are a bit rich
Australia is right to rail against Donald Trump’s tariffs, but we should also make our voice heard on Xi Jinping’s “China First” policies.
- Richard McGregor
Albanese lays out his red line after Xi demands more access for China
Xi Jinping has rekindled a key demand that Australia provide greater foreign investment access to Chinese interests in return for increased trade.
- Updated
- Phillip Coorey
This Month
Australia and allies lift pressure on G20 and Trump over Ukraine
Anthony Albanese says conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine are key drivers of hunger, poverty, high inflation and rises in energy prices, and world leaders should acknowledge this.
- Phillip Coorey
PM to meet Xi, tell G2O to show a backbone on Ukraine, Middle East
At the G20, Anthony Albanese says conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine are key drivers of hunger, poverty and high inflation and energy prices and world leaders should acknowledge this.
- Phillip Coorey
ASX to fall amid trade war worries as world leaders mull Trump 2.0
Iron ore and the Australian dollar have fallen as traders bet tariffs under the US president-elect could hit Australia’s key trading partner.
- Joshua Peach
Biden, Xi deliver messages seemingly intended for Trump
The US president seems to try to make the case for maintaining a relationship with Beijing, as Trump talks about imposing more punishing tariffs on China.
- Zolan Kanno-Youngs
Trump 2.0 to test G20 on war, trade and climate
Australia and its allies were blocked from expressing concerns about Ukraine and the Middle East at the APEC summit in Peru. The fight now resumes at the G20 in Brazil.
- Updated
- Phillip Coorey
Opposing Trump’s tariffs not about picking sides: Albanese
Anthony Albanese says his opposition to plans by Donald Trump to start a trade war with China was about standing up for the Australian national interest.
- Phillip Coorey
Xi defends globalisation as Trump threatens tariffs
In his first major remarks since the US election, Xi Jinping’s message to the APEC summit was that the world was entering “a new period of turbulence and change”.
- Bloomberg News
Albanese a role model for other Western leaders: China
Anthony Albanese’s opposition to US tariffs on China is an example in strategic autonomy other leaders should follow, says Beijing.
- Updated
- Phillip Coorey
Musk makes billions from China. How will that work now?
Elon Musk has a relatively long and very profitable history doing business with China. And he’s likely to want to keep it that way.
- Jessica Sier
Australia an economic haven in Trump’s world: Albanese
Anthony Albanese is moving to cash in on the economic uncertainty created by the election of Donald Trump.
- Phillip Coorey
Albanese hopes to persuade China, US against a trade war
Ahead of world leaders’ meetings in South America, the PM says Australia’s middle-power status gives it influence with the two superpowers.
- Phillip Coorey, Andrew Tillett and Tom Rabe
China, Indonesia strengthen ties as they brace for Trump
President Prabowo Subianto strikes deals with China before heading off to the US, as he tries to play a neutral role between the superpowers.
- Ella Cao
- Analysis
- US Votes 2024
What Trump has in store for six global hotspots
Capitals around the world are dusting off the old briefing books from Donald Trump’s first term, but this time could be a mix of the old and the totally unexpected.
- Updated
- James Curran and Hans van Leeuwen
Chinese exports soar as Beijing braces for Trump trade tensions
Bumper export figures are expected to inflame tensions between the incoming administration and Beijing, which could respond to new tariffs with bigger stimulus action.
- Joe Leahy, Cheng Leng, Kaye Wiggins and Arjun Neil Alim
Xi is thumping Putin in the Great Game
Former Australian ambassador to China Geoff Raby takes a deep dive into the “Chussia” partnership. His conclusions about a rising Sinostan would not please the Kremlin.
- Geoff Raby