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Rowan Callick is a double Walkley Award winner and a Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year. He has worked and lived in Papua New Guinea, Hong Kong and Beijing.

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BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 20: Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech during the closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People on March 20, 2018 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

Xi was rattling sabre ‘at past’

A powerful speech delivered on Tuesday by President Xi Jinping effectively launched his New Era of China’s rejuvenation.

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The World

We’ll fight ‘bloody battle’: Xi

Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged “to fight the bloody battle against our enemies” to regain “our due place in the world”.

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CommentWorld Commentary

Wang Qishan (L), former secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping (R) after Wang was elected as China's Vice President during the fifth plenary session of the first session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 17, 2018. China's rubber-stamp parliament unanimously handed President Xi Jinping a second term on March 17 and elevated his right-hand man to the vice presidency, giving him a strong ally to consolidate power and handle US trade threats. / AFP PHOTO / NICOLAS ASFOURI

Xi seals his power play

Life in Beijing is like having the late Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha running the world’s biggest economy.

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Economics

FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2017, file photo, Yi Gang, deputy governor of the People's Bank of China, attends a discussion group meeting held on the sidelines of China's 19th Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The ceremonial Chinese legislature on Monday, March 19, 2018, approved the appointment of Yi Gang, a veteran deputy central banker, to lead the Peopleâ€™s Bank of China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

China bank chief vows continuity

China’s new central bank governor, US-educated Yi Gang, has promised policy continuity and financial stability.

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The World

Yang Xiaodu takes an oath after being elected director of the national supervisory commission during the sixth plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 18, 2018. . China's rubber-stamp parliament gave Premier Li Keqiang a second five-year term on March 18, but he faces a tenure deeper in the shadow of the country's powerful leader Xi Jinping. / AFP PHOTO / NICOLAS ASFOURI

China’s most feared man

Yang Xiaodu is about to become the most feared man in China, given iron-fisted oversight of government employees.

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Foreign Affairs

Australian minister for Trade, tourism and investment Steven Ciobo attends a meeting of the Visegrads countries (V4) on economic relations with Australia on January 19, 2018 at the Castle Garden in Budapest. / AFP PHOTO / Attila KISBENEDEK

Anarchy without WTO: Ciobo

Trade Minister Steven Ciobo has warned of the dangers of a world without the World Trade Organisation’s rules.

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News

China's President Xi Jinping swears under oath after being elected for a second term during the fifth plenary session of the first session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 17, 2018. China's rubber-stamp parliament unanimously handed President Xi Jinping a second term on March 17 and elevated his right-hand man to the vice presidency, giving him a strong ally to consolidate power and handle US trade threats. / AFP PHOTO / Greg Baker

Xi film ‘instant’ box office hit

China claims a stirring 90-minute film it launched only days ago has become the country’s biggest-earning documentary.

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Business

Bucketwheel reclaimers ride on rails between huge coal stockpiles at the Port Waratah coal loading facility in Newcastle, Australia Tuesday, June 1, 2004. Australian exports rose to the second highest on record in October, narrowing the trade deficit more than expected, as miners including Portman Ltd. and BHP Billiton earned more from commodity shipments to China. Photographer: Gillianne Tedder/Bloomberg News

Japan second-biggest trade partner

Two-way trade with Japan jumped 13 per cent in the last financial year, to $69 billion, just ahead of the US at $66bn.

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Changed by virtue-signalling jokers

Batman is in a fractious mood. It’s a constituency split socially, culturally and politically.

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Business

Red flags wave in the wind at the Tiananmen Square during the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing on March 15, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / WANG Zhao

‘Extremely difficult’ to get ahead in China

Only 10 per cent of firms in a survey say they find the Chinese business climate easy.

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