CCP
Exclusive
China relations
Why four Australian judges have become a hot topic spoken about in hushed tones in Hong Kong
Penny Wong has made her strongest comments yet on the decision by the judges to continue working in Hong Kong amid concerns about a crackdown on political dissent.
- by Lisa Visentin
Latest
Updated
China relations
On the defence, China lashes Australia’s ‘racism and hate crimes’
It was a furious response to an Australian-led effort at the United Nations voicing concerns about Beijing’s human rights record in Xinjiang and Tibet.
- by Lisa Visentin and David Crowe
My hunt for smuggled Aussie lobster in downtown Beijing
After years of purgatory, the humble Australian rock lobster will make a triumphant return to banquets in China in the new year. Though, depending on who you ask, it never really left.
- by Lisa Visentin
Analysis
Inside China
Xi’s robocops and driverless cars leaving young people behind
Xi Jinping’s modernisation agenda aims to transform China into a high-tech superpower. At a job fair in central Beijing, the future isn’t so promising.
- by Lisa Visentin
Updated
China relations
China’s $20b Australian trade war over as lobster trade resumes
Australia’s lobster exports are the last commodity to remain barred from the massive Chinese market.
- by Lisa Visentin and Mike Foley
China at two speeds: Flying cars, moon trips and millions struggling to survive
Beneath the country’s rising tide of prosperity and modernisation are 300 million workers on whose poor backs the country is being transformed.
- by Lisa Visentin
Missing for months, China’s axed top diplomat has turned up. Or has he?
A veil of murkiness continues to hang over the fate of China’s ex-foreign minister Qin Gang, who has not been seen in public since June 2023, even amid fresh reports this week that he had been demoted to a low-level publishing job.
- by Lisa Visentin
Chinese spy plane breaches Japan’s airspace
Japan lodged a formal protest with the Chinese government, summoning the Charge d’Affaires of the Chinese embassy in Tokyo.
- by Lisa Visentin
Videos critical of China harder to find on TikTok, study finds
In a survey conducted alongside the study, people who used TikTok for three hours or more daily were significantly more positive about China’s human rights record than non-users.
- by Alicia Clanton and Aisha Counts
Opinion
China relations
Albanese wants a ‘stable’ relationship with China. This expert thinks he’s smoking dope
As China continues to extend its programs of global reach, even into Latin America, democracies need to be alert to Beijing’s active exploitation of chaos.
- by Peter Hartcher
Exclusive
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
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/chinese-communist-party-1n85