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After evolving a digital heart (not the pacemaker kind) out of inky veins, Jamie just wants an excuse to learn something new. But he’s fully aware his 32 years’ experience in the news industry has given him just enough knowledge to be dangerous. International affairs. History. Defence. Science. Space. Technology. He has a fascination for them all – particularly when it comes to social fallout. Translating tough concepts into common terms is his craft. His passion is to explore the big picture encompassing world events.

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BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 08: Chinese President Xi Jinping attend the second plenary meeting of the second session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People on March 8, 2019 in Beijing, China. The second session of the 13th NPC opens in Beijing on Tuesday. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

The tiny piece of land China demands

It is the tiny piece of land that China’s leader wants because it is a source of national pride. But it is causing a diplomatic minefield.

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HONG KONG, CHINA - JANUARY 1: Pro-democracy supporters hold placards and shout slogan as they take part in a march during a rally on New Years Day on January 1, 2020 in Hong Kong, China. Anti-government protesters in Hong Kong continue their demands for an independent inquiry into police brutality, the retraction of the word "riot" to describe the rallies, and genuine universal suffrage. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)

The humiliation China can’t forget

It is the sore point that represents humiliation for China going back more than 150 years. And it’s something Beijing won’t let go.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 17, 2011 a Secret Service agent guards his post on the roof of the White House as a lamp post is adorned with Chinese and US national flags in Washington, DC. - The United States secretly expelled two Chinese embassy officials in September after they drove onto a sensitive military base in Virginia, The New York Times reported on December 15, 2019.The newspaper, which cited people with knowledge of the episode, said it appeared to be the first time in more than 30 years that the US has expelled Chinese diplomats on suspicion of espionage. (Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP)

Why China really hates the west

It’s most a clash of civilisations and it’s not a clash of East and West traditions. This is why China makes the US and Australia a target.

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China is winning the secret war

For years, China has been waging a secret war on its enemies and allies alike – now it’s moving out into the open, and Australia has had enough.

This picture taken from a Vietnam Coast Guard ship on May 14, 2014 shows a China Coast Guard ship (L) blocking the way of a Vietnam Coast Guard ship near to the site of a Chinese drilling oil rig (R, background) being installed at the disputed water in the South China Sea off Vietnam's central coast. Vietnam National Assembly's deputies gathered for their summer session are discussing the escalating tension with China over the South China Sea's contested water. AFP PHOTO/HOANG DINH Nam (Photo credit should read HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images)

China’s brazen move in South China Sea

China is taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to step up its “bullying behaviour” in the South China Sea and increase its power.

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‘Invisible damage’: Big risk of cyber attack

The PM has put Australia on alert – but the damage could already be done, with “cyber bombs” planted in our system that are impossible to detect

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TOPSHOT - This handout satellite image taken on June 16, 2020, and release by 2020 Planet Labs, Inc. shows Galwan Valley, which lies between China's Tibet and India's Ladakh. - China said on June 17 it wanted to avoid more clashes in a Himalayan border dispute with India that resulted in the first deadly confrontation between the two nuclear powers in decades. The two countries have traded blame for June 15 high-altitude brawl that has left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead, with China refusing to confirm whether there were any casualties on its side so far. (Photo by - / 2020 PLANET LABS, INC. / AFP) / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / 2020 PLANET LABS, INC." - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - NO ARCHIVE

Unlikely reason dispute turned fatal

The dispute between China and India turned fatal this week along one of the world’s most important water reservoirs.

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The US suburb that is now police-free

Protesters in this US city have cordoned off a six-block section, declaring it an “autonomous zone” free of any police authority.

TOPSHOT - A member of the airport security wearing protective gear as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak monitors passengers as they exit following their arrival at Shanghai Pudong International Airport in Shanghai in March 26, 2020. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

‘Massive cover-up’: China’s lies exposed

On January 25, something strange started happening in China’s crematoriums – proving Beijing wasn’t telling the truth about its virus cases.

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‘Clear insult’: Flight that lit China’s fuse

It was an approved flight path, albeit an unusual one – but it enraged China enough to send a fleet of fighter jets into disputed airspace.

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