Yesterday
China’s consumer price growth weakens ahead of key summit
Factory deflation eases but Beijing’s reliance on exports and industrial output is stoking trade tensions.
- Ryan McMorrow
This Month
- Opinion
- World politics
On any measure, India has disappointed
It was never meant to be this way. India was to be in the corner of the democracies in the contest with the autocracies.
- Geoff Raby
June
China charges defence ministers in military anti-graft purge
The two generals were accused of taking huge bribes and of corruption that reached into the armaments sector, as China hinted that more heads could roll.
- Chris Buckley
- Opinion
- China relations
We must consider imposing non-military costs on China
We are failing to deter China from committing increasingly frequent acts of aggression and intimidation against Taiwan.
- John Lee
Risk of war with China rising fast, ex-security chief warns
Former Home Affairs Department head Mike Pezzullo wants a new defence production tsar with “superpowers” to shake up how the military acquires weapons.
- Andrew Tillett
China’s faltering tech giants push workers to the limit
As Chinese technology executives face a new reality of low growth, rising competition and investor apathy, many are making tough demands on staff.
- Updated
- Ryan McMorrow and Nian Liu
Premier Li Qiang’s visit has Malaysia wanting more from China pivot
The absence of President Xi Jinping, who sent his number two in his place, has dejected some in the government, according to Malaysian officials and observers.
- Kathrin Hille and Mercedes Ruehl
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Albanese ‘renews and revitalises’ ties with a very different China
It remains in Australia’s national interest to deepen both economic and diplomatic ties with our major trade partner, and continue to welcome China’s rise behind a rules-based order.
- The AFR View
- Analysis
- China relations
Li’s visit shows Australia and China are trying to move on
The first visit of a Chinese Premier to Australia since 2017 revealed two countries straining to have a normal diplomatic relationship.
- James Curran
- Analysis
- Foreign investment
Xi’s battle to stop investors fleeing China may be about to get easier
A new International Monetary Fund analysis shows global capital flows have soared in the US and plummeted in China and emerging markets.
- Enda Curran and Saleha Mohsin
Chinese Premier Li Qiang declares ties ‘back on track’
Li Qiang, who is second only to President Xi Jinping, has visited Adelaide Zoo for a bit of panda diplomacy, after declaring Australia-Chinese relations are “back on track”.
- Updated
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- China relations
The contradictions in Australia’s China policy
Australia will promote the visit by China’s Premier Li Qiang as evidence the relationship has “stabilised”. But policy tensions and hard choices are only increasing.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Exclusive
- Australia's China challenge
Chinese leader tipped to visit lithium plant in Perth
Amid efforts to break China’s stranglehold on critical minerals, Premier Li Qiang is expected to visit the Chinese-controlled Tianqi Lithium Energy in Kwinana.
- Andrew Tillett
- Analysis
- China’s Great Slowdown
Why won’t Xi Jinping fix China’s dreadful economy?
Explanations for Beijing’s refusal to work on deep-seated problems include denial, ignorance and ideology.
- Scott Kennedy
- Opinion
- Critical minerals
Crackdown on Chinese investors a cautionary tale
Small critical minerals companies are caught up in the midst of a geopolitical struggle between China and the West. Northern Minerals is the latest example.
- Jennifer Hewett
Australians still leery of China despite Beijing ending deep freeze
The public is divided on whether Australia should prioritise maintaining stability or deterring China, but is unenthusiastic about Joe Biden, a new poll shows.
- Andrew Tillett
May
- Opinion
- University
On the front line of Australia’s foreign student surge
International students are in the sights of both a government and opposition looking to win votes. Who are these political pawns, and what is it like to teach them?
- Updated
- Mark Mulligan
- Opinion
- US election
US allies in Indo-Pacific can breathe easier as election nears
There is a long list of reasons why even a second Trump presidency may – as Mark Twain might have said – not be as bad as it sounds.
- Michael Green
US legislator tells Taiwan its weapons are coming
The island nation has complained for two years of delays in deliveries of US weapons, as manufacturers supply Ukraine to support its defence against Russia.
- Ben Blanchard
China’s online ‘Kim Kardashian’ banned for being too ostentatious
The online disappearance last week of Wang Hongquanxing is part of the government’s latest campaign to maintain its dominance over China’s social media culture.
- Joe Leahy and Wenjie Ding