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BYD’s high-end Yangwang U9, an all-electric sports car, has winged doors. It also has a “leap mode” for jumping potholes and road spikes.

This luxury car can use ‘leap mode’ for potholes – but it’s not a Ferrari

Chinese manufacturers are trying to outdo each other and European rivals with features that range from the incredible to the absurd. But there is a risk for Australian buyers.

  • Lisa Visentin

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Labor candidate for Menzies Gabriel Ng, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his fiancee, Jodie Haydon.

‘See you in caucus’: Albanese in last-ditch Chinese seat bid as ‘spies’ video goes viral

“There’s serious worry about the impact this could have late in the campaign,” one Liberal campaigner said.

  • Paul Sakkal
Ted Hui: “There’s value in staying in prison. It’s a moral call. But not everyone had to do it. People can be outside shouting, we have some value as well.”

He evaded Beijing’s clutches. But this Adelaide lawyer is still a wanted man

A fake climate conference, friends in far-flung places … a pro-democracy activist reveals the story of his dramatic escape from Hong Kong.

  • Eryk Bagshaw
Foreign Minister Penny Wong at the prime minister’s address to the National Press Club on Wednesday.

Wong weaponises Liberal ‘Chinese spies’ gaffe in battle for vote

Concerns about the risk of Chinese government influence have bedevilled all sides in this election as parties vie for the key voter group.

  • Max Maddison, Paul Sakkal and Kayla Olaya
Viking Yi Dun in Shanghai.

Want to visit China without any hassles? Do it on a ship

Phone connections, language barriers and getting around: many don’t realise there’s a much easier way to visit the world’s most dynamic nation.

  • Brian Johnston
China’s President Xi Jinping can beat Donald Trump at his own game.

It’s chess, not checkers: China can play the long game against Trump

Donald Trump thinks trade is a zero-sum game. Xi Jinping appears happy to wait for the trade war to backfire on the US president.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Viking’s Yi Dun arriving into Keelung.

Port guide: Keelung, Taiwan

Taipei’s outlet to the sea might be down-at-heel, but it has several charms and a great local vibe – and Taiwan’s throbbing capital is just a short ride away.

  • Brian Johnston
Monique Ryan volunteers.

Watch: Group with historical CCP links ‘required’ Chinese Australians to vote for Ryan

In the video, volunteers in campaign T-shirts say they were required to vote for the teal MP by the Hubei Association.

  • Paul Sakkal and Cindy Yin
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro.

How Peter Navarro went from Democrat to inmate to Trump’s tariff guru

The man behind the US president’s tumultuous tariff policies has sought for decades to set off the ultimate trade war with China.

  • Michael Kranish and Jeff Stein
The Pope’s open casket at St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.

Four lines from the Pope’s funeral service will make history

Amid all the languages used to remember the late pontiff, there will be one never before heard at a papal funeral: Chinese.

  • Catherine Pepinster

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