World politics
China is said to be a step closer to being able to invade Taiwan
China has been practising unusual manoeuvres off its southern coast involving three special barges. Experts say it changes the equation on Beijing’s war readiness.
- Chris Buckley, Christoph Koettl and Agnes Chang
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- Opinion
- Trade wars
Trading in lunacy. How Trump’s tariffs will ‘save’ masculinity
Tariffs will bring “manly” jobs back to the US, according to Trump supporters. Economists aren’t so sure.
- Jacqueline Maley
- Opinion
- Trump diplomacy
Trump’s made nationalism great again, just not in America
Rather than jingoistic chest-thumping, Trumpism has stirred a stoical civic pride in the things that differentiate individual countries from the US.
- Nick Bryant
- Analysis
- Trade wars
Xi holds more cards than Trump in trade showdown
With the two leaders standing eyeball to eyeball as global markets whipsaw around them, who will blink?
- Lisa Visentin
- Analysis
- Earthquakes
Thailand just gave Myanmar what it craved, and it wasn’t humanitarian aid
The junta was so happy with the news that it dominated the first five pages of the Myanmar newspaper, even as thousands lay dead or dying in rubble.
- Zach Hope
- Updated
- South Korea
Dramatic fall for former star lawyer who went from political novice to president in just a year
South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol’s political rise was fast. But his downfall was even faster.
- Hyung-jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung
- Analysis
- Trade wars
Trump delivers ‘huge advantage’ to China with self-destructive tariffs
China may be facing a 34 per cent economic penalty on exports, but Peter Hartcher says the US president has handed Xi Jinping a big favour on a silver platter.
- Peter Hartcher
‘No trace’: Dissident artist told his work has been removed from Hong Kong billboard
Australia-based artist Badiucao said his four-second video work was designed to test “the freedom-of-speech situation in Hong Kong”.
- Elizabeth Flux
- Opinion
- Trump's America
This is one of America’s most shocking economic defeats in 40 years
A photo taken on the weekend shows just how much the world is uniting to fight back against Donald Trump’s damaging trade war.
- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Artist tests freedom of speech in Hong Kong with daring billboard work
A video of the Australia-based Chinese dissident Badiucao silently saying “you must take part in revolution” has been playing since March 28.
- Elizabeth Flux
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