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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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(FILES) This file photo taken on November 8, 2017 shows US President Donald Trump (L) as he gestures next to China's President Xi Jinping during a business leaders event at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. US President Donald Trump said November 30, 2017 China appears to have had little impact on North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, expressing wonder that his people and military

Pacific power struggle

Like the War of the Roses, the contest for Asian supremacy in the modern era has ground on for decade.

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The Deal

DEAL-20180217 embargo for DEAL 17 FEB 2018North Shore woman, Jackie Yun has found great success in the hospitality business with over 70 cafe culture food stores in China. Picture: John Appleyard

Shanghai style

This savvy expat returned to her roots to launch a successful business in China and hasn’t looked back.

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EMBARGOED - NO INTERNET - AFL - Port Adelaide Football Club in Shanghai - Day 2. Old Town - Yuyuan Gardens - Robbie Gray, Chad Wingard and Brad Ebert Picture Sarah Reed.

Nation still kicking goals in China

Boardrooms across Australia have concerns about our business relationship with China.

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The World

(FILES) This undated handout file photo provided to AFP on September 22, 2017 courtesy of Angela Gui, shows Angela Gui as a child with her father Gui Minhai, who disappeared on October 17, 2015, one of five Hong Kong booksellers known for publishing gossipy titles about Chinese political leaders to go missing. Sweden on October 24, 2017 said China has released Swedish dissident book publisher Gui Minhai, who wrote political gossip books about Chinese leaders, two years after he was kidnapped while on holiday in Thailand. / AFP PHOTO / Angela Gui / Angela Gui / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Swedes carpet Chinese envoy

China’s ambassador to Sweden has been summoned to explain the second abduction of dissident publisher and writer Gui Minhai.

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The World

South Korean protesters burn a portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a rally against a visit of North Korean Hyon Song Wol, head of North Korea's art troupe, in front of Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 22, 2018.

Moon dampens down revolt

The South Korean president has been forced to address internal opposition to detente with the North.

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The World

FILE - In this May 14, 2017, file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum at the China National Convention Center in Beijing. China's plan to expand trade across Asia and Europe with a modern Silk Road of railways and other infrastructure is hitting political and financial hurdles. Governments are canceling or renegotiating projects due to financing disputes or complaints they are too favorable to China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Xi’s thoughts on higher plane

Xi Jinping is to be elevated to a higher place, with his “Thought” to be placed alongside Mao’s in the Chinese constitution.

Rowan Callick and Zhang Yufei

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(FILES) This file picture taken on December 6, 2017 shows a loaded cargo ship at the Yangshan Deep-Water Port, an automated cargo wharf, in Shanghai. Chinese exports and imports picked up steam last year thanks to strong global demand, data showed on January 12, 2018 but its surplus with the US, a sensitive issue with Donald Trump, widened. / AFP PHOTO / - / China OUT

Scandals take gloss off China

The impressive growth last year gives China room to tackle a challenging agenda that could slow the economy.

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ANALYSISThe World

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2002 file photo, athletes from North and South Korea march together, led by a unification flag, during an opening ceremony for the 14th Asian Games in Busan, South Korea. During South and North Korea's talks at the border in about a week Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, senior officials from the two Koreas reached a package of deals including fielding a joint women's hockey team and conducting a joint march under a

Shadow lifted only temporarily

The dark shadow over the Korean peninsula — and the wider world — is only being lifted temporarily.

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China no longer a dump

China is no longer happy to be the West’s garbage dump.

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The World

The Me Too campaign has been launched in China

‘It’s also me’ gets uni leg up

The rapidly growing WoYeShi (‘It’s also me’) movement is encountering a pushback from Chinese authorities

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