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Property development
The Sydney property developer chasing $28 million in stolen cash
Tina Zou redeveloped luxury units across Sydney. Now she is embroiled in a dispute over millions of dollars in Hong Kong linked to an espionage case involving a dead Royal Marine in London.
- by Eryk Bagshaw, Lisa Visentin and Daniel Ceng
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Child abuse
The children for sale – and the Australians who exploit them
Anna and her two cousins were repeatedly abused by family members for online customers to see. Warning: This story contains distressing content.
- by Clare Sibthorpe and Daniel Ceng
This man fought on the front lines in Ukraine. Now he is preparing Taiwanese civilians for war with China
As China ramps up hostilities in the Taiwan Strait, citizens in the island democracy are joining self-defence groups, fearing one day soon they will become civilian resistance to a communist invasion.
- by Lisa Visentin and Daniel Ceng
Taiwan’s Kinmen islands are a stone’s throw from China. Its inhabitants are torn
If China were to attack Taiwan, this string of islands is at the front line. Kinmen is less than 10 kilometres from the Chinese mainland and remnants of past battles are everywhere.
- by Lisa Visentin and Daniel Ceng
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South China Sea
Chinese military surrounds Taiwan as ‘strong punishment’
China has started its most expansive military drills in a year around Taiwan, just days after Lai Ching-te took over as the island’s new president.
- by Lisa Visentin and Daniel Ceng
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Meet Xi’s new No.1 enemy: The man at the heart of the US-China superpower battle
Taiwan’s new president Lai Ching-te has demanded Beijing stop threatening the island, while urging the world to see the protection of Taiwan’s democratic freedoms as essential to global peace.
- by Lisa Visentin and Daniel Ceng
‘It’s now or never’: ‘City of Dreams’ is battling for survival
Three decades of casino money have made Macau rich and fast, but dive beneath the shimmering surface and you will find a centuries-old culture disappearing.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Daniel Ceng
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China relations
‘They want this, all of it’: The global arms race you can’t see – and China wants the edge
Microchips are key to powering the world. What will it take to win in this vital (and secretive) multi-billion-dollar world?
- by Eryk Bagshaw, Jackson Graham and Daniel Ceng
Taiwanese tech billionaire warns island must prepare for war with China
“If they get crazy, then we have to be prepared,” Taiwanese chip magnate Robert Tsao said after Taiwan’s pro-sovereignty party won a third straight election.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Daniel Ceng
Taiwan’s government wins a third term, delivering a blow to Beijing’s ambitions for the democratic island
The election of Lai Ching-te’s Democratic Progressive Party is likely to cement tensions with Beijing for the next four years.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Daniel Ceng
These Taiwanese want unification with China. There’s just one problem
Liang, a 21st-generation descendant of the Hakka people of southern China, yearns for Taiwan and the motherland to be united. He is among those voting on Saturday.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Daniel Ceng
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/by/daniel-ceng-p536vt