China relations
Trump extends lifeline for TikTok amid growing trade war with Beijing
The US president acknowledged the tariffs on China may complicate a potential deal, and said he did not want the app to “go dark” in the meantime.
- Michael Koziol
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China fires back at Trump with 34 per cent tariffs on American goods
Beijing’s most comprehensive response to date in the ratcheting tariff exchange signals it has no intention of surrendering to the US president’s punitive trade measures.
- Lisa Visentin
Chinese firm Landbridge set to be stripped of its controversial lease of the Port of Darwin
The Coalition will use its first major national security policy of the election campaign to announce that in government it would seize control of the port if required.
- Matthew Knott
Trump pointed the finger at a country where the average wage is $11 a day. The crowd laughed
“They made a fortune with the United States of America,” the US President declared, as he imposed tariffs on some of the world’s poorest countries, in a move that could open the door for China.
- Philip J. Heijmans and Antony Sguazzin
US bans government staff in China from romantic or sexual relations with Chinese citizens
Though some US agencies already had strict rules on such relationships, a blanket “non-fraternisation” policy, as it is known, has been unheard of publicly since the Cold War.
- Dake Kang, Matthew Lee and Didi Tang
‘No trace’: Dissident artist told his work has been removed from Hong Kong billboard
Australia-based artist Badiucao said his four-second video work was designed to test “the freedom-of-speech situation in Hong Kong”.
- Elizabeth Flux
Beijing denounces spy vessel claims as smear campaign
Beijing has rebuffed suggestions that it is seeking to influence the federal election after one of its research vessels travelled past Australia’s southern coast.
- Lisa Visentin
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- Myanmar coup
Quake disaster has exposed a Trump-sized void on the world stage. China is stepping in
The US has not been perfect in its application of soft power over the years, but diplomacy and aid are preferable to war and weapons.
- Michael Ruffles
Vance attacks Denmark in ‘aggressive’ visit to Greenland
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the US should take over Greenland and has not ruled out the possibility of using military force to do so.
- Benedict Smith
Made in China burger and fries has a side of nationalism
I went to a Tastien fast food outlet to try the burger that’s designed to knock McDonald’s and KFC off their Beijing perch. Some come here just for the buns.
- Lisa Visentin
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