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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrived in Laos on Wednesday for the ASEAN summit.

The ASEAN opportunity: Can Australia finally crack the code?

Australia’s business presence in our neighbourhood has been lacklustre. The federal government wants to change that.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey

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China’s $20b Australian trade war over as lobster trade resumes

Australia’s lobster exports are the last commodity to remain barred from the massive Chinese market.

  • Lisa Visentin and Mike Foley

While Australia threw a party, China threw a punch

What’s the point of ASEAN? It’s good for karaoke but not much good for crisis management, as proved this week in Melbourne.

  • Peter Hartcher
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ASEAN Australian summit ends with watered-down statement on China

The ASEAN-Australia leaders’ declaration removed any mention of Taiwan and softened calls for China to rein in its activities in the South China Sea.

  • Matthew Knott
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‘It will be a disaster’: Malaysian PM urges world to accept China as a superpower

Anwar Ibrahim said he was untroubled by China’s rise, claiming the risk of conflict in the South China Sea had been exaggerated in a departure from comments by Penny Wong. 

  • Matthew Knott
Keating (centre) took aim at ASIO’s Mike Burgess and Foreign Minister Penny Wong.

Keating launches spray at ASIO boss and Wong

Former prime minister Paul Keating accuses Mike Burgess of trying to undermine the government’s efforts to stabilise relations with China and renews his attack on Foreign Minister Penny Wong.

  • Matthew Knott
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Foreign Minister Penny Wong said that the Indo-Pacific faces its “most confronting circumstances” in decades.

‘Devastating conflict’: Penny Wong warns of destabilisation, provocation by China

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has issued a stark warning about the risk of conflict in the Indo-Pacific as China rises to superpower status.

  • Matthew Knott
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during the opening session of the ASEAN summit.

ASEAN nations spurred by China tensions to boost security ties

The meeting of leaders was expected to adopt a joint vision that emphasises security co-operation amid growing tensions with China in regional seas.

  • Mari Yamaguchi
Anthony Albanese - in Indonesia last year - will release the government’s South-East Asia strategy during a trip to Jakarta on Wednesday.

‘Underweight and stagnant’: Australia urged to lift South-East Asia focus

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will release the government’s South-East Asia Strategy, which contains 75 recommendations for improving economic ties with the region, during a trip to Jakarta on Wednesday.

  • Matthew Knott
US President Joe Biden last met with Chinese President Xi Jinping meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit last November.

Biden, Xi summit snubs a missed opportunity in Indo-Pacific

If half the battle in life is showing up, China’s Xi Jinping and the US’s Joe Biden are both leaving much to be desired when it comes to international diplomacy.

  • Matthew Knott

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