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Donald Trump is imposing tariffs on Chinese goods as of midnight Washington time.

China says it ‘will not flinch’ as it meets Trump’s new tariffs with its own

It took only minutes for Beijing to respond to the latest salvo in the US president’s global trade war.

  • Lisa Visentin

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

Why Chinese warships off the coast were no bad thing for Australia

Many Australians seem to have missed a salient fact – our own navy conducts navigation operations and live firing exercises in the South China Sea.

  • Christopher Pyne
Teacher Chen Si-Zhuang visits the Ci-Hu Memorial Statue Park, which houses sculptures of late leader Chiang Kai-shek.

No need for red paint: Taiwan finds a fix to historical statue problem

What should be done with the tributes to historically significant but flawed figures? The answer may lie in a nondescript park near Taipei.

  • Lisa Visentin and Daniel Ceng
German shipbuilder TKMS’ Meko A-200 frigate is under consideration for the Australian navy’s general-purpose frigate.

‘We want a decision’: Marles slaps down official over key navy contract

Military experts said the presence of a Chinese flotilla had reinforced the vulnerabilities of Australia’s “old and small” fleet of warships.

  • Matthew Knott
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
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
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‘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

Original URL: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/topic/china-relations-1n86