Deng Xiaoping
- Analysis
- Inside China
Xi extinguishes separation of powers, fuses the party with the state
President Xi Jinping has spent the past decade building the Chinese state around him and this week formally removed his final obstacle: the power of the State Council.
- Eryk Bagshaw
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- Opinion
- South China Sea
Will Penny Wong revive China relations or be ‘played like a trout’?
When Whitlam visited in 1971, four years before I became China correspondent, MacMahon sneered that he’d been taken for a ride. I’m sure Wong’s visit will be different.
- Yvonne Preston
- Explainer
- Inside China
Who is Xi Jinping, the world’s most powerful politician?
Once a princeling, Xi spent his teenage years living in a cave. Now he is the longest-serving leader of China since the ’70s. How did he do it? And what are his plans for China?
- Eryk Bagshaw
The ‘dead boring cadre’ and the ‘Golden Flower’: China’s reckoning with power and sex erupts
On a 42-degree day at Melbourne Park, and in front of the world’s most powerful political organisation, Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai showed breathtaking courage.
- Eryk Bagshaw
- Opinion
- China relations
China's new wolf warrior diplomacy is a Maoist resurrection
Australia must be prepared to bear short-term pain for the long-term benefit of defending core national interests against China.
- Anne-Marie Brady
Power and Paranoia: Why the Chinese government aggressively pushes beyond its borders
The Chinese government’s covert operations in Australia are considerable. Can Australia push back without economic consequences?
- Peter Hartcher
- Explainer
- Inside China
The People's Republic of China is 70. How did it get here?
It is party time in Beijing as the People's Republic of China turns 70. What is it? Who are its heroes? And how did it get to where it is today?
- Felicity Lewis
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