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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.
Trump unleashes: ‘They do nothing for us’
DONALD Trump is angry and he’s not going to take it anymore. The US President has once again accused China of not doing enough.
China unleashes its undersea spy drones
BEIJING has released a fleet of 12 stealthy underwater spy drones to scour the South China Sea — and report back instantly on anything significant they may find.
China’s military preps for N Korea crisis
CHINA’S military has been reforming and modernising its defences along the border in preparation for an incident with North Korea.
‘At all costs’: Rising superpowers face off
THERE’S a hidden conflict between two of the world’s biggest nuclear-armed countries — and it could boil over into an all-out brawl.
Taxi dispute lands student in China jail
GUTHRIE McLean’s decision to intervene in a dispute over a taxi fare landed him in a Zhengzhou jail cell facing the threat of years behind bars.
China’s plan for Holy Grail of tech
CHINA has a plan to become a world leader by 2030 and it involves pursuing what many believe to be the Holy Grail of modern technology.
$1 trillion plan to redraw map
IT’S a $1 trillion plan that could redraw the map and mark a global tipping point. Here’s what you need to know about the game-changer.
Chinese spy ship eyes Aussie war game
THIS Chinese spy ship is keeping a close eye on joint Australian-US military exercises being played out in Queensland, in what has been labelled a ‘provocative’ move.
‘Bad boy’ Bieber banned from China
JUSTIN Bieber won’t be hitting the stage in Beijing anytime soon after being slapped with a bizarre statement from the country’s cultural bureau.
What Australians really think of the US
DONALD Trump’s only been in the job for six months, but he’s already skewed Australian views and helped shift the balance of power towards China.
‘Get used to it,’ China on bomber flights
CHINA has sent a flight of six nuclear-capable bombers over disputed islands near Japan, warning such stand-offs will become ‘the new norm’.
Two killed in Chinese Walmart attack
TWO people have been hacked to death and another nine injured by a meat cleaver-wielding maniac inside a Walmart store in China. WARNING: Graphic
China bans Winnie the Pooh
OH, bother. Internet users in China have been banned from posting memes comparing Winnie the Pooh to President Xi Jinping.
Nuclear standoff under the radar
ALL eyes may be on North Korea, but two other nuclear nations are locked in conflict with the situation being described as “grave”.
‘If you eat meat, you’re a hypocrite’
WHEN our reporter went to the Yulin dog meat festival he found something equally disgusting as the rotting dog bodies.
Indonesia resists China’s sea claims
INDONESIA has renamed the northern reaches of its exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea to counter China’s growing territorial ambitions.
Man made millions for Nth Korea
A NORTH Korean defector and one of the regime’s top money makers has revealed how he sent millions of dollars over the Chinese border.
China critic and Nobel winner dies
CHINA’S most famous dissident, a Nobel laureate who once declared he had “no enemies and no hatred”, has died aged 61.
Finance news you need to know today
SOME of the Crown Resorts employees imprisoned in China on gambling charges, including two Australians, have been released.
China releases jailed Crown staff
ALL but six of the Crown Casinos staff jailed for gambling crimes in China have just been released, according to reports.
Are new China-Darwin flights in the wind?
SPECULATION has surfaced Donghai Airlines has applied to the Chinese Civil Aviation Administration to fly to Darwin from September this year
China can cause chaos in Australia
WITH a 1.4 billion population and a growing middle class, China is Australia’s biggest export market — but its government can unleash chaos in an instant.
‘New Chinese’ changing Australia
THEY’RE educated and more financially stable. The new Chinese are a powerful economic force and Australia should cash in on it.
US bombers fly over disputed China territory
THE North Korean missile crisis could be the spark that ignites long-held animosity between Washington and Beijing over the South China Sea
Trump ‘ready to use force’ on N Korea
AS Japan and the EU join calls for a tougher approach to North Korea, Donald Trump says the US is considering “pretty severe things”.
No more: Angry Trump turns on China
NOT so long ago, Donald Trump thought China was going to solve the North Korean crisis. Now he’s launched a stinging broadside at the superpower.
Putin could save us from N Korea
JUST when you thought you had the good guys and the bad guys figured out, it seems Vladimir Putin has turned the tables.
‘China’s Putin’ is looking for love
A LONELY Chinese farmer’s striking resemblance to Russian leader Vladimir Putin could be his only chance at finding true love.
China’s carrier flexes its muscles
AS a US destroyer tests boundaries in the South China Sea, Beijing’s aircraft carrier Liaoning has begun ‘flight exercises’ in the Taiwan Strait.
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