Pay attention, Australia, the dragon is looming
Election campaigns in Australia rarely make space for international issues, but there is a major consideration for our leaders long after the winner is declared.
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Trump’s tariff warfare poses no existential threat to Xi’s China
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.
Beijing is pivoting, but are we ready for Xi’s new playbook?
Wealthy Chinese cadres may be lunching again on our lobsters, but many more central challenges remain on the table. Just look at Hong Kong.
10 Trump-driven changes that will have Beijing cheering
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.
Snakes or snake oil?
By all means celebrate the Lunar New Year, but take horoscope predictions with a grain of salt.
How the America haters in our midst go easy on China
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.
Taiwan’s fate can’t rest on the ignorance of well-meaning friends
China’s ambassador Xiao Quian says Australians commonly misunderstand Taiwan. He’s right, of course. Let’s list eight of those common misunderstandings.
Deeply weird: Why we can’t look away from this real-life Squid Game
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.
Relentless courage of Jimmy Lai is why CCP still fears him
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’s military purges a test of power and paranoia
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.
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