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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
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos jnr has moved to strengthen relations with the United States and its allies since taking office last June.

Philippines’ Marcos Jr gets red carpet treatment in Australia

The son of notorious dictator Ferdinand Marcos is the only South-East Asian leader to take the Lowy Institute’s stage during next week’s ASEAN summit.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Phil Kearns has been the public face of Australia’s successful bid to host the 2027 Rugby World Cup.

Former Wallabies skipper Phil Kearns gets some extra mojo

Kearns is CEO of home builder AV Jennings, which like the Wallabies, is well past its glory days.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell

The Bidens gave Albanese vital assurance and a polite prod. Oh, and tennis shoes

The human element is bonus, not business. The real reason for the greater Australian priority is China.

  • Peter Hartcher
Sam Roggeveen

This top analyst’s boss disagrees ‘entirely’ with his views. Turnbull said it was essential reading

Sam Roggeveen is firing rhetorical torpedoes at Australia’s cosy consensus on defence and stirring up debate with his provocative new book, The Echidna Strategy.

  • Matthew Knott
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Minister for Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock in front of a German government plane.

‘Australians know’: Germany warns against relying on Beijing

Germany’s foreign minister has praised Australia for serving as a role model on how to withstand attempted Chinese economic coercion.

  • Matthew Knott
Anthony Albanese and Reid MP Sally Sitou celebrate Lunar new year in Burwood. Chinese Australians make up an increasingly important demographic.

How Chinese-Australian views differ on AUKUS, Taiwan and Xi Jinping

Chinese Australians feel increasingly positive about life in Australia, but an annual survey has found their views on some issues differ significantly from the broader population.

  • Matthew Knott
Chinese President Xi Jinping has abandoned the nation’s strict COVID-19 policies which should see China become a more formidable competitor to the US in Asia.

China’s influence in Asia plummets as Australia gains on Russia

China has registered the largest power decline of any country in Asia because of hardline COVID rules, while Australia is closer to overtaking Russia.

  • Matthew Knott
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told the Lowy Institute the Pacific region needed to be “free from coercion” and that the investment in the region “should be of high quality”.

‘The world is bloody messy’: Ardern softens stance on China

The NZ prime minister warned against isolating China unnecessarily, and argued against viewing the war in Ukraine as a contest between democracy and autocracy.

  • Matthew Knott

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