This Month
Australian fighter pilot to be extradited over China training claim
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said he considered all evidence before him before deciding father of six Daniel Duggan should face court in the United States.
- Luke Costin and Jacob Shteyman
Australian rare earth miners warned on US-China trade war
Australian critical minerals companies reliant on China for processing or production could face more headwinds as the Beijing-Washington trade war heats up.
- Matthew Cranston
November
- Opinion
- China relations
No ambassador, we are not ready to get tight with China on defence
While the relationship must progress, glossing over the facts and real risks is dangerous – Canberra and Beijing are far from ready for closer defence ties.
- Jennifer Parker
Trump’s ruthless new trade tsar is surprisingly ‘nice’
Jamieson Greer shares his boss’ tough stance on Beijing. But he is also known as a French-speaking, co-operative diplomat.
- Matthew Cranston
Ray Dalio bets Trump steeling America for China war
The billionaire hedge fund manager said investors should “pay attention” to policy shifts that result in national security for energy and critical minerals.
- Matthew Cranston
Australia, US, Japan to strengthen military ties in face of China threat
Defence ministers agreed to a new “commitment to consult” over regional security issues and invited Japanese troops to train in Darwin.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett
October
Why these super-cheap flights to Europe could be under threat
Australians are prime beneficiaries of Chinese airlines’ ultra-low airfares to Europe. But the European carriers want Brussels to level up the playing field.
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Exclusive
- Legal profession
King & Wood Mallesons global chief executive to step down
Sue Kench will depart at the end of the year and retire from the partnership next year, as the firm doubles down on its Sino-Australian alliance.
- Maxim Shanahan
Washington welcomes Kevin Rudd’s hardline views on Xi Jinping
Depicting China’s leader as an aggressive ideologue could help the former Australian prime minister in his ambassadorial role following the US election.
- Matthew Cranston
Albanese’s domestic solar manufacturing hero strikes China pact
The face of the federal government’s plan to build a domestic solar panel manufacturing industry has partnered with a Chinese giant in pursuit of Australian subsidies.
- Updated
- Peter Ker
Aussie gas will keep flowing, Albanese tells Japan
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese used his first face-to-face meeting with the new Japanese leader to talk up security of gas imports.
- Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- Opinion
Why Australia can’t keep relying on hopes of China stimulus
Beijing’s latest version of its stalling stimulus model will become another dead end. It’s time for Australia to make its own economy more adaptable.
- John Lee
Paladin’s $1.5b uranium deal slowed by national security probe
Canada has launched a national security probe into Paladin Energy’s proposed acquisition of Fission Uranium as Chinese partners try to influence the deal.
- Peter Ker
September
Friend or foe? Europe’s big Chinese EV dilemma
Bad news hasn’t been enough to get European carmakers and politicians to rethink their anti-China strategy. But that’s exactly what might need to happen.
- Hans van Leeuwen
August
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
The number that should scare all Australians
You couldn’t blame Australia’s large cap fund managers for booking a post-reporting season trip to China to see the steel situation for themselves.
- Anthony Macdonald
China warns winter is coming for iron ore miners
Australian iron ore exporters believe their mines are resilient despite shares slumping to multi-year lows and Chinese steelmaker Baowu issuing a dire outlook.
- Peter Ker
Talks sanction more US bombers, fighter jets, spy planes in Australia
Annual defence and foreign affairs talks will see Australia deepen its role as the US’s “unsinkable aircraft carrier” in a potential conflict with China.
- Andrew Tillett and Matthew Cranston
Warnings over ASIO workload because of heightened terror threat
The ASIO chief admits the spy agency is “stretched” as it deals with twin challenges of politically motivated violence and foreign espionage.
- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Kim Beazley is utterly wrong, says Paul Keating
Former prime minister Paul Keating writes on WA’s risk from China; other writers on uranium mining in Jabiluka; Ismail Haniyeh’s death; lack of AUKUS transparency; and NSW eviction laws.
July
Australia doubles down on its subsea cable diplomacy in South Pacific
The rollout of undersea cables has become a major focus of the strategic competition between Western nations and China to gain influence in the Pacific.
- Updated
- Staff