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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.
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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.
Court in the grip of Project Xi
Four Australian judges are sticking to their positions as Beijing continues to clamp down on Hong Kong democracy.
Albanese can’t allow ‘stability’ to distract us from Xi’s anti-West goals
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’.
Why Australia’s Taiwan policy must be more than politics, business
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.
Mining is what we’re good at, so why do we take it for granted?
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.
Imagine a better song to mark our great occasions
You may say that I’m a dreamer, but I can’t be the only one sick of these overused tunes.
A tale of two territories, and double standards
The irony is that the People’s Republic of China – which itself has never held a popular election – is denying Taiwan its rational status.
Keating’s Wang chat lets Wong do same … yeah, right
Next time Foreign Minister Penny Wong visits Beijing, she should likewise arrange meetings with people who – like Keating in Australia – critique the ruling party.
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