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Xie Xiongming, far left, next to Opposition Leader Peter Dutton at an event promoting Liberal candidate Scott Yung, far right.

Fresh image shows CCP-linked high roller shoulder-to-shoulder with Dutton

Xie Xiongming’s foundation had its charity status revoked by the regulator for failing to disclose its financials, while a spokesman for Dutton said he didn’t know Xie.

  • David Crowe and Nick McKenzie

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US President Donald Trump said the tariffs on Mexico would be “paused” for a month while a deal is negotiated.

Why China must be quietly pleased that Trump has made it a target

Around the world, Beijing is working to peel away support for a US-led international system and recast itself as a more reliable partner in trade, development and security.

  • Lisa Visentin
The Australian judges on Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal have been asked to consider the government’s concerns about a crackdown on political dissent by Hong Kong authorities.

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.

  • Lisa Visentin
Young job seekers consult with employment advisors at a job fair in Beijing on Setember 28, 2024.

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.

  • Lisa Visentin
The Biden administration is expected to announce a ban on the use of Chinese software and hardware in new vehicles due to national security concerns.

Australia monitors US ban on Chinese car software over security fears

The US is set to ban Chinese-made connected-car technology amid concerns that Beijing could access Americans’ data and even remotely disable cars on US roads.

  • Lisa Visentin
Penny Wong, Australia’s foreign affairs minister, center, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India’s external affairs minister, center left, and Antony Blinken, US secretary of state, center right, arrive for the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) ministerial meeting in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday

Wong says ‘rules are being bent, twisted and broken’ but avoids naming China as key actor

Australia US, India and Japan have called out Beijing’s aggression in the South China Sea and cyber espionage but stopped short of naming China directly.

  • Lisa Visentin
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Zelenzky and Marles.

Australia refuses to match allies sanctioning China over support for Russian war

The UK, US and the EU are among those sanctioning Chinese companies accused of helping Russia wreak havoc in Ukraine. The Albanese government is an outlier.

  • Lisa Visentin
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Premier Li Qiang’s in Perth this week.

Pandas can’t paper over Australia’s differences with China

Premier Li Qiang’s visit was the culmination of hard work by the government to recalibrate the relationship with China. But it also exposed differences that cannot be papered over with diplomatic niceties.

  • Lisa Visentin
A February protest in Istanbul against China’s internment of Uighurs.

China renames hundreds of villages in Xinjiang to scrub away Uyghur identity: Human Rights Watch

Villages once known by religious, historical or cultural terms of the Muslim minority group now carry names like “Red flag” or “Unity”.

  • Lisa Visentin
Tony Lu, 35, gives talks to school students at Taiwan Airsoft and Airgun Association about his experience fighting in Ukraine in 2022. He is wearing a T-shirt with the portrait of his friend, Australian Trevor Kjeldal, who died in battle in Ukraine.

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.

  • Lisa Visentin and Daniel Ceng

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