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The presence of Chinese research vessel, Tan Suo Yi Hao, tracking a route far off the south coast of Australia has generated days of political debate and prompted Beijing to deny that it is seeking to influence the federal election.

Beijing denounces spy vessel claims as smear campaign

Beijing has rebuffed suggestions that it is seeking to influence the federal election after one of its research vessels travelled past Australia’s southern coast.

  • Lisa Visentin

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People’s Liberation Army-Navy Renhai-class cruiser Zunyi, and Fuchi-class replenishment vessel Weishanhu in the Tasman Sea.

Why Chinese warships off the coast were no bad thing for Australia

Many Australians seem to have missed a salient fact – our own navy conducts navigation operations and live firing exercises in the South China Sea.

  • Christopher Pyne
China’s President Xi Jinping last month. Officials from the Chinese embassy in Canberra included government funding for “anti-China” research at ASPI on an infamous list of 14 grievances provided to journalists in 2020.

If we panic about these Chinese ships, Xi wins the propaganda war

The arrival of Chinese warships near our coast is not a crisis. Treating it as one – with over-the-top indignation – diminishes our capacity to tackle real crises as the region deteriorates.

  • Jennifer Parker

‘We’ve been exposed’: China’s ‘act of intimidation’ – and why Australia can’t complain

Listen: International editor Peter Hartcher breaks down how Chinese warships conducted exercises off Australia, and what it says about our defence force.

  • Peter Hartcher
A Chinese army-navy Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang was spotted 150 nautical miles off the coast of Sydney.

Albanese, Dutton must set out clear China policy for public debate

Chinese warships firing live rounds within a few hundred kilometres of Sydney with only a few hours’ notice is a significant escalation in the posturing of that nation’s forces in our region.

  • The Age's View
Illustration by Dionne Gain

Australia wedged by Chinese aggression and Trump’s degression

Exposed to a hostile China on trade and a buccaneering US on security, our complacency has left us near-naked.

  • Peter Hartcher
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A Chinese PLA J-16 fighter jet, similar to the one that shot a flare

China accuses Australia of deliberate provocation in South China Sea

China’s Defence Ministry accused an Australian military aircraft of ignoring the main routes in the busy waterway, saying it “broke into the homes” of others.

  • Liz Lee, Xiuhao Chen and Kirsty Needham
Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.

Anxious Singapore urges Trump to stay engaged in South-East Asia

Leaders across the globe are coming to terms with what a second Trump presidency will mean for their patch. Here, he’s among the three most important players.

  • Zach Hope
The danger for President Xi Jinping is that a too-strong response encourages further trans-Atlantic alignment against China.

Xi’s grandiose plan for the Asia-Pacific is not working. Kevin Rudd knows why

China’s foreign policy, particularly in this region, often appears contradictory. But according to the former PM, it’s part of a broader but so far unsuccessful strategy.

  • Peter Hartcher
Prabowo Subianto waves to supporters after being sworn in as Indonesia’s eighth president in Jakarta.

In the job seven days, Asia’s newest leader is already standing up to China

Prabowo Subianto hadn’t even lived a day of his presidential honeymoon period when China started harassing a state-owned ship. What’s it all about?

  • Zach Hope

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