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Australia’s arm-wrestle with China is all over the billboards

Anyone who doubts Australia and China are in what Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong called a “permanent contest” in the Pacific needs to think again.

  • Richard McGregor

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The Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Rail project in Indonesia was successfully finished four years behind schedule and US$1.2 billion over budget.

China’s cash promises in South-East Asia are coming up short, report says

President Xi Jinping launched the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013, immediately winning over many foreign governments with promises of unprecedented investment.

  • Zach Hope
Rawdon Dalrymple at Parliament House, Canberra, 2003.

Friend of Hawke was ambassador to the US, Indonesia and Israel

As ambassador to Israel from 1972-1975, Rawdon Dalrymple managed the intense policy and consular demands of the Yom Kippur war.

  • Dennis Richardson
Despite concerns over China’s debt-fuelled investment in property, Asian Development Bank chief economist Albert Park believes the country will “muddle through”.

Chinese economy will ‘muddle through’, says ADB chief economist

Asian Development Bank chief economist Albert Park says a lot of the doomsaying about the Chinese economy is way overdone.

  • Shane Wright
Prime Minister Scott Morrison, pictured in Fiji last year. Australia has kept all essential personnel in the South Pacific and its posts remain open.

Australia steps up medical support for South Pacific

The deliveries come as the Pacific Islands Forum moves closer to agreeing on the creation of a "humanitarian corridor" to the region to keep medical and food supplies flowing.

  • Anthony Galloway
The Fiji economy, heavily dependent on international tourism, is tipped to be take a major blow due to the restrictions on travel to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.

Travel bans will see Pacific nations smashed by coronavirus: Development Bank

With international tourism disappearing, Scott Morrison has warned China could exert stronger influence over vulnerable states in the Pacific.

  • Shane Wright
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Elephant statues outside a construction site in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, a once-sleepy resort town where locals hope an infusion of Chinese-built infrastructure will pay off with jobs.

Development bank opts for climate-change investment over 'white elephants'

The Asian Development Bank will invest more in high-quality projects and less on "white elephants" as it aims to counter China's growing influence.

  • Shane Wright
Former Domain executive Antony Catalano was seen in the Nine offices last week, despite trying to foil the company's merger with Fairfax.

Cat lobbying for an audience with Nine

If there was a meeting with chief Hugh Marks, nobody is letting on.

  • Kylar Loussikian & Samantha Hutchinson

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