Donald Trump still imaginatively inhabits the world of his developer father, when the US encapsulated modernity, progress and prosperity. That has changed, of course. China now has choices of its own.
Wealthy Chinese cadres may be lunching again on our lobsters, but many more central challenges remain on the table. Just look at Hong Kong.
The Trump transformation is opening the door to the golden future of assured domination that Xi Jinping’s Chinese Communist Party covets. Domination at home, domination in the region around China, and most importantly, domination beyond.
By all means celebrate the Lunar New Year, but take horoscope predictions with a grain of salt.
Australian opinion leaders, many of them distressed by Donald Trump and his circle, are set to intensify their own antipathy to the US. At the same time, many also applaud what is still being called ‘China’s rise’. The connection is not accidental.
China’s ambassador Xiao Quian says Australians commonly misunderstand Taiwan. He’s right, of course. Let’s list eight of those common misunderstandings.
The singularly quirky culture that gave birth to Netflix’s dystopian survival thriller, and the menacing shadow of its evil twin, shapes South Korea’s turbulent politics.
The choice of Person of the Year by Time magazine and the Financial Times seemed inevitable. But here’s an alternative nominee a world away from Mar-a-Lago, for readers of The Australian.
Xi Jinping has showered his People’s Liberation Army with massive amounts of new kit over the past decade. But the PLA lacks a quality that simply can’t be bought: Xi’s trust.
Four Australian judges are sticking to their positions as Beijing continues to clamp down on Hong Kong democracy.
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