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.
A vital debate is under way about how to handle China. One route is to act on Kevin Rudd’s recent warning. The other seeks to shelter Australia’s economy through ‘stability’.
What is being tested, what is at play, as the story of Taiwan spools out? The outcomes are too weighty for us in Australia to let burden the shoulders of the 24 million people of Taiwan alone.
The country may have been built on the sheep’s back, but it’s living now on the miner’s drill. We all depend almost dangerously on this single economic sector.
You may say that I’m a dreamer, but I can’t be the only one sick of these overused tunes.
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