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Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

As Wong and Dutton exchange fire, the Chinese flotilla laps Australia

The foreign minister accused the Coalition of seeking political advantage from ships’ exercises in the Tasman with inflammatory rhetoric on China.

  • Matthew Knott

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China’s President Xi Jinping last month. Officials from the Chinese embassy in Canberra included government funding for “anti-China” research at ASPI on an infamous list of 14 grievances provided to journalists in 2020.

If we panic about these Chinese ships, Xi wins the propaganda war

The arrival of Chinese warships near our coast is not a crisis. Treating it as one – with over-the-top indignation – diminishes our capacity to tackle real crises as the region deteriorates.

  • Jennifer Parker

‘We’ve been exposed’: China’s ‘act of intimidation’ – and why Australia can’t complain

Listen: International editor Peter Hartcher breaks down how Chinese warships conducted exercises off Australia, and what it says about our defence force.

  • Peter Hartcher
People’s Liberation Army-Navy Renhai-class cruiser Zunyi, and Fuchi-class replenishment vessel Weishanhu in the Tasman Sea.

China agrees to consider concerns about live-fire drills, NZ says

The drills prompted passenger flights between the two countries to divert mid-flight after Chinese naval vessels warned pilots they were flying above a live-fire exercise.

  • Ken Moritsugu
A Chinese army-navy Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang was spotted 150 nautical miles off the coast of Sydney.

Our defences have been tested, and they’ve failed

How much faith can we have that the Defence Force will know what’s going on and keep the public informed about any threats? Very little, if the past week is anything to go on.

  • Matthew Knott
People’s Liberation Army-Navy Fuchi-class replenishment vessel Weishanhu in the Solomon Sea. 

Coalition puts Albanese on notice over Chinese live-fire exercises

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been accused of keeping Australians in the dark about exactly when the Chinese navy gave notice that they would conduct live-fire exercises in the Tasman Sea.

  • Matthew Knott
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Shen Yun in Sydney.

Their posters are everywhere, but behind Shen Yun lies a darker story

The group promises to take audiences into 5000 years of Chinese history, but it is the result of a spiritual movement established in 1992.

  • Anthony Segaert
A Chinese army-navy Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang was spotted 150 nautical miles off the coast of Sydney.

Chinese warships started live-fire drills 30 minutes before Virgin mid-air alert

The Chinese warship flotilla has re-entered Australia’s exclusive economic zone, spotted 160 nautical miles (296 kilometres) east of Hobart.

  • Matthew Knott
Illustration by Dionne Gain

Australia wedged by Chinese aggression and Trump’s degression

Exposed to a hostile China on trade and a buccaneering US on security, our complacency has left us near-naked.

  • Peter Hartcher
President Donald Trump.

Trump’s antics leave Taiwan wondering if US is still in its corner

The US President was once seen as a strong supporter of Taiwan. Now he is accusing it of stealing from the US.

  • Lisa Visentin and Daniel Ceng

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