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From China trade wars and tensions with Australia and the United States, to conflict in the South China Sea, get all your news updates.

Censorship

Innocent words banned by China

WORDS are being banned and conversations are being censored. The power shake-up in China is keeping its thought police busy.

Leaders

Chilling warning for China’s leader

PRESIDENT Xi Jinping now has a level of power we haven’t seen for decades. But if you think it’s just one big show of strength, you’re wrong. He’s scared.

Asia

U.S. Navy officers operate on the flight deck control tower as U.S. military aircraft sit on the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier anchors off Manila, Philippines, for a five-day port call along with guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018. Lt. Cmdr. Tim Hawkins told The Associated Press that American forces will continue to patrol the South China Sea wherever international law allows when asked if China's newly built islands could restrain them in the disputed waters. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

What the US Navy is trying to hide

THE United States has sent a massive fleet of ships, along with a nuclear powered aircraft carrier, on a mission close to Australia. But what for?

Asia

(FILES) This US Navy file photo taken on March 21, 2013 shows the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) sailing in the waters off the Korean Peninsula. A US warship on August 10, 2017 sailed close to an artificial island China has built up in the South China Sea, as part of a

Australia’s navy considers risky move

WHEN Malcolm Turnbull met Donald Trump, China was a big talking point. It’s what our Prime Minister didn’t say that may provoke the superpower.

Inventions

A Chinese Chengdu J-20 fighter jet. Picture: Supplied

Superpower’s deadly arsenal

CHINA is becoming a massive threat to the rest of the world, with its military developing a terrifying and deadly arsenal of weapons.

News Life

Chinese power grab shakes world

CHINA’S leader has granted himself a level of power we haven’t seen for decades, with huge ramifications for the rest of the world.

NSW & ACT Crime

Australian Border Force (ABF) and New South Wales Police Force (NSWPF) will address the media in relation to a joint investigation resulting in the seizure of almost 300kg of ephedrine, concealed in 21,000 highlighter pens.Earlier this month, a container carrying stationery supplies from China was examined at the ABF’s Sydney Container Examination Facility, where officers noted anomalies in highlighters.The shipment was deconstructed and presumptive testing returned positive results for ephedrine.ABF investigators and detectives from the NSWPF Drug and Firearms Squad conducted a controlled delivery to Sydney’s Inner West.One man has been charged with import commercial quantity border controlled precursor.

Weird $120 million ice ingredient discovery

POLICE have made a sinister discovery inside thousands of brightly coloured highlighter pens arriving in Sydney.

Asia

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2017, file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping waves while addressing the media as he introduced new members of the Politburo Standing Committee at Beijing's Great Hall of the People. China's official news agency said Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018, the ruling Communist Party proposed removing a limit of two consecutive terms for the country's president and vice president. The move, if approved, appears to lay the groundwork for party leader Xi to rule as president beyond 2023. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

China to scrap term limits to keep Xi

THE Chinese Communist Party has proposed removing the limit of two terms for the country’s president, which could make Xi Jinping the most powerful leader since Mao Zedong.

Asia

In this picture taken on September 13, 2017 Chinese President Xi Jinping is seen during a welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People during a welcome ceremony for Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah (not seen) in Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping, 64, is expected to be given a second five-year term as the powerful general secretary of the Communist Party at its 19th congress on October 18. / AFP PHOTO / NICOLAS ASFOURI

China: US, stop N Korea sanctions

CHINA has called on the US not to impose tough new sanctions on North Korea, saying it was a mistake that would hurt bilateral co-operation.

Babies

Chinese flag in beijing tiananmen square.

China faces a surprising new crisis

IT HAS been two years since China abolished its controversial and intrusive one-child policy, but the global power’s government is now facing another disaster.

Social Media

ONE TIME WEB USE ONLY - FEE APPLIES FOR REUSE - A Chinese performer sings during a funeral in a village in Cheng'an county, Handan city, north China's Hebei province, 15 February 2015. Photo Imaginechina /Australscope

Strange world of funeral strippers

THE Chinese government is cracking down on the bizarre practice of funeral strippers, who honour the dead and boost attendances.

World

A Chinese Type 052D guided missile destroyer tests its anti-missile gattling gun during a recent exercise. One of these potent warships is among Beijing's task force in the eastern Indian Ocean. Picture: Xinhua

Chinese navy’s bold move

CHINA is muscling its way into Australia’s backyard. With an island paradise deep in crisis, the superpower sees a chance.

World

CORRECTION - This photo taken on February 8, 2018 and released on February 9, 2018 by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows North Korean soldiers marching during the military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the Korean People's Army at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang. North Korea staged a military parade in Pyongyang on February 8 to mark the 70th anniversary of its armed forces, putting its intercontinental ballistic missiles on show just a day before the Winter Olympics open in the South. / AFP PHOTO / KCNA via KNS / KCNA VIA KNS / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

The conflict hot spots for 2018

REVEALING report looks at what conflicts are the ones to worry about this year with one “unpredictable actor” causing even more concern.

Inventions

Fears China is rebooting devastating salted bomb

AN experiment backed by the Chinese government has raised concerns about its ambitions to reboot a devastating bomb dreamt up during the Cold War.

Travel Incidents

Woman in x-ray machine. Must credit Pear Video

Why woman rode through X-ray scanner

IMAGES of a skeleton wearing high heels have emerged. A woman was so desperate to hold on to her handbag that she followed it into an x-ray machine.

Asia

This photo taken on May 5, 2016 shows crew members of China's South Sea Fleet taking part in a drill in the Xisha Islands, or the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. Beijing claims sovereignty over almost the whole of the South China Sea, on the basis of a segmented line that first appeared on Chinese maps in the 1940s, pitting it against several neighbours. / AFP PHOTO / STR / China OUT / TO GO WITH AFP STORY CHINA-POLITICS-MARITIME-DIPLOMACY BY BEN DOOLEY

China: ‘Stop trying to act tough’

CHINA’s state media has issued a scathing response after Britain announced it will sail a warship from Australia into the South China Sea next month.

Design

‘Embarrassing’ flaw in China’s new jet

THE superpower wants to show off its strength and growing capability in air combat but its long awaited J-20 stealth fighter has failed some important tests.

Motoring

Range Rover climbs Heaven's Gate in China. Picture: Land Rover

SUV climbs stairway to heaven

THIS new luxury plug-in has become the first car to climb the iconic 45-degree Dragon Road in the Tianmen mountains.

Asia

Defiant move to provoke superpower

A DEADLY warship sailing from Australia will test the mettle – and temper – of China as it enters disputed waters. What could possibly go wrong?

News Life

Chinese people are using these signs to take a stand on women's rights.

#RiceBunny is taking over China

THESE two emojis may look like nothing extraordinary, but for millions of people in China, they’ve become a secret code of protest.

Asia

Chinese Naval ships docked at Garden Island in Sydney. With the Australian and Chinese flags flying.

Australia’s strategy is ‘all wrong’

FORMER PM Kevin Rudd slams Turnbull team’s approach on one issue, which he says could have big consequences for Australia.

NSW

US ambassador to maintain ‘hard line on China’

THE appointment of a “China Hawk” as the newest US ambassador to Australia is good news for an Australia that could find itself under increasing pressure to align itself with the Chinese, a former Trump adviser has told Miranda Devine’s online radio show Miranda Live.

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