Xi Jinping
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
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Opinion
World markets
China is in deep trouble despite a surging sharemarket
While the People’s Bank of China’s monetary blitz has ignited the sharemarket, it doesn’t fix its economic crisis. A meeting later this month will tell us more.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Trump wants to shut America off from the rest of the world
If Donald Trump wins the election and follows through on his economic threats, it could destroy a system that has been in place since the end of World War II.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Ever wondered why Trump likes dictators? This three-star general can tell you
In his only interview with the Australian media, the former national security adviser talks about Donald Trump’s attempts at self-worth.
- by Peter Hartcher
Editorial
China relations
Chalmers’ visit a welcome sign of better ties with China
After a hostile hiatus, top-level economic dialogue between China and Australia is a positive step in a relationship that supports tens of thousands of jobs.
- The Herald's View
Opinion
Inside China
China’s government is MIA as central bank tries to save its economy
The People’s Bank of China has unleashed a blitz of measures to try to prop up a faltering economy and sinking sharemarket. But those alone won’t be enough.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
China relations
Was Biden’s ‘hot mic’ China warning OTT? New footage of this mid-air bullying suggests not
The Australian government speaks reassuringly of a “stabilised” relationship with Beijing. China’s national broadcaster portrays a very different state of affairs.
- by Peter Hartcher
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.
- 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
China’s population keeps falling. This is why
The generation of women born in the era of the Chinese Communist Party’s one-child policy are having few, if any, children.
- by Lisa Visentin
Opinion
Inside China
Iron ore slump shows that China’s deflation risk is rising
If the iron ore price is a barometer of the health of China’s economy, then it is signalling a level of weakness that ought to galvanise China’s policymakers.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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