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Former prime minister Scott Morrison speaks to a Select Committee on China hearing in Washington on Wednesday (Thursday AEST).

Australians ‘going to sleep’ on China threat, Morrison tells US Congress

In a rare congressional appearance by a former government leader, Scott Morrison warned US lawmakers they must never become casual about the threat posed by Beijing, and to remain vigilant.

  • Michael Koziol

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House push to build more ships has questioned Australia’s commitment to AUKUS and its readiness to help the US fight China.

‘Noticeably fickle’: Trump’s new submarine chief a critic of Australia

Jerry Hendrix, who leads a White House push to build more ships and submarines, has often questioned Australia’s commitment to AUKUS and its readiness to help the US fight China.

  • Michael Koziol
Anthony Albanese and Xi Jinping met in China this week.

Picture bigger than Albanese’s visit: Xi Jinping sees Australia as fruit ripe for plucking

As Trump insults his allies, the Chinese president is taking the opportunity to win over as many countries as he can in his quest for global dominance.

  • Peter Hartcher
Fusarium graminearum.

‘Gravest national security concerns’: Chinese students charged in US with smuggling fungus

Prosecutors say the two, who were a couple, tried to bring “a potential agro-terrorism weapon” into “the heartland of America” and may have previously snuck in material hidden in their shoe.

  • Devlin Barrett
Ted Hui: “There’s value in staying in prison. It’s a moral call. But not everyone had to do it. People can be outside shouting, we have some value as well.”

He evaded Beijing’s clutches. But this Adelaide lawyer is still a wanted man

A fake climate conference, friends in far-flung places … a pro-democracy activist reveals the story of his dramatic escape from Hong Kong.

  • Eryk Bagshaw
Foreign Minister Penny Wong at the prime minister’s address to the National Press Club on Wednesday.

Wong weaponises Liberal ‘Chinese spies’ gaffe in battle for vote

Concerns about the risk of Chinese government influence have bedevilled all sides in this election as parties vie for the key voter group.

  • Max Maddison, Paul Sakkal and Kayla Olaya
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James Baillieu and Corrie Perkin.

‘Sorrento is not your town’: Writers festival fallout deepens

A pointy text or two is spicing up this deepening seaside showdown over an event at a Baillieu family mansion.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Monique Ryan volunteers.

Election watchdog opens probe into Monique Ryan volunteer video

The video shows two people in Ryan campaign T-shirts handing out the teal MP’s how-to-vote cards and saying they were directed to vote for her by groups with links to the Chinese Communist Party.

  • Paul Sakkal
Pope Francis has an outstanding wish to visit China. How far will the Vatican go to deliver it?

Pope Francis has an outstanding wish. How far will the Vatican go to deliver it?

No Pope has set foot in China, but Francis wants that to change. Critics say the cost of doing deals with Beijing has already been too high.

  • Lisa Visentin
Ted Hui, a former Hong Kong pro- democracy legislator, is now in exile in Australia.

‘Gangster regime’: Hong Kong dissident targeted by threatening letter

An exiled Hong Kong activist has insisted he will not be silenced after his Australian law firm received a threatening letter offering a reward for his arrest.

  • Matthew Knott

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