Yesterday
- Opinion
- The AFR View
China’s AI leap means security must trump economics for Australia
Australia’s dilemma is that there is a tension in balancing the commercial advantages of cheaper Chinese technology with our national security interests.
- The AFR View
DeepSeek poses security risk like Huawei and TikTok, Labor warned
National security analysts are urging the Albanese government to implement stringent security controls of the use of Chinese-developed artificial intelligence.
- Andrew Tillett and Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
DeepSeek just changed everything investors believe about AI
Markets had a cult-like belief that a small group of US tech giants, led by Nvidia, would dominate the AI arms race. China’s start-up just changed that.
- Updated
- James Thomson
This Month
- Opinion
- Trade
Australia-China trade will be caught in middle of Trump’s tariff war
Australia is now more dependent on a single market than it has ever been since the late 1940s when our biggest customer was the United Kingdom.
- Richard McGregor
- Opinion
- The AFR View
More than bluster to Trump’s pro-business agenda
Donald Trump’s second coming must focus the mind of the political class on progressing the tax, workplace and regulatory reform agenda required to sharpen Australia’s international competitiveness.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Trump diplomacy
Dutton will wage ungentlemanly warfare on national security
Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison all ultimately failed to create their own winning ‘khaki campaign’. But it didn’t stop them from trying, and it won’t stop Dutton from trying either.
- Lidija Ivanovski
Quad could get surveillance role under Trump: Wong
Foreign Minister Penny Wong met other members of the Quad security dialogue in Washington, including US Security of State Marco Rubio.
- Matthew Cranston
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Five ways the market’s ‘bubble of belief’ could pop
While investors obsess over Donald Trump’s first moves as president other challenges to their all-in bet on the sharemarket are emerging.
- James Thomson
China, Europe warn Trump against trade war, call for ‘cool heads’
The Chinese vice premier used a Davos speech to paint Beijing as a bulwark of stability and solidarity. European leaders vowed to protect the bloc’s interests.
- Hans van Leeuwen
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Australia and Trump’s US know how hard to push China: Wong
Speaking in Washington, where she will attend Donald Trump’s inauguration, the foreign minister said Beijing would top the agenda in talks with the new administration.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
Ioneer gets $1.6b loan to build Nevada lithium mine
The Australian miner received the loan from the Biden administration to create the first new lithium mine in the US in almost 60 years.
- Matthew Cranston
Trump, Xi hold telephone call on TikTok, trade, Taiwan
The US president-elect called the chat a “a very good one” and the Chinese leader said that relations can be mutually beneficial.
- Doina Chiacu and Yukun Zhang
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
No Mr Ambassador, here’s the real truth about China and Taiwan
Xiao Qian’s seven points should be recognised as cherry-picked half-truths that have been heavily distorted in the service of China’s hardline expansionism.
- Douglas Hsu
China economic growth to slow to 4pc in 2026: World Bank
The global economy is set to expand 2.7 per cent in 2025 and again in 2026, with inflation forecast to average 2.7 per cent in both years.
- Paul Wiseman
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
Why Xiao Qian’s Taiwan claims are misinforming Australians
The Chinese ambassador is expected to convey his government’s official stance, but misrepresenting Australia’s positions is bad diplomatic form.
- Bryce Wakefield
- Analysis
- Manufacturing
Can Chinese chips beat Taiwan in the global tech race?
SMIC’s stock rally shows – at least to mainland investors – that China can build a self-sufficient semiconductor ecosystem. But the reality could be different.
- Updated
- Jessica Sier
AUKUS safe under Trump, says top diplomatic pick
Marco Rubio told a senate confirmation hearing in Washington that the three-way military and submarine technology pact would be a ‘blueprint’ for strategic partnerships.
- Matthew Cranston
Goyder could break the shackles by returning government handouts
Readers’ letters on business welfare dependence, China’s claims to Taiwan, the gift of giving, property prices, Arctic mining, and Donald Trump.
Rubio set to say China cheated its way to superpower status
The harsh words reflect the senator’s reputation as a China hawk, and could potentially set up the Trump administration for an early clash with Beijing.
- Nick Wadhams
US calls on Australian banks to step up Pacific ‘soft power’ push
Pressure on Australian banks to remain in the Pacific is likely to stay under the Trump administration, America’s second most powerful diplomat says.
- Matthew Cranston