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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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US President Donald Trump kisses a sample of the proposed new tax form as he meets with House Republican leaders and Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 2, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM

First Asian tour for Trump

When Donald Trump arrives in Beijing he will be arriving in a country where Twitter is banned.

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7/11/2014 CHINA: Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets Chinese state Councillor, Yang Jiechi, in Beijing yesterday. Picture: Sanghee Liu

Tiger Yang burning bright

The diplomatic face of President Xi Jinping’s new era China will be a familiar one: Yang Jiechi.

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People ride tricycle carts past a poster featuring Chinese President Xi Jinping, along a street in Beijing, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017. China's ruling Communist Party has praised President Xi as a Marxist thinker, adding to intense propaganda promoting Xi's personal image as he begins a second five-year term as leader. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

New Xi era puts China first

President Xi Jinping’s plans are sparking plenty of debate in China.

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Markets

Cattle at the Dalrymple Saleyards, Charters Towers, ready for live export.

China lifts beef export ban

Trade Minister Steven Ciobo has welcomed China’s move to lift the ban on six Australian meat facilities.

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Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks during a press conference in Sydney, Saturday, October 28, 2017. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

Chinese student warning

A Chinese newspaper has linked the alleged assault of students in Canberra to “tough words” to China from the PM.

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The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) is escorted into Busan port, South Korea, after completing a joint drill with the South Korean military, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017. U.S. naval commanders on Saturday reiterated Washington's

Military muscle for Trump tour

Three aircraft carrier battle groups will shadow Donald Trump’s nine-day tour of Asia.

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The Communist Party of China's new Politburo Standing Committee, the nation's top decision-making body (L-R) Han Zheng, Wang Huning, Li Zhanshu, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang, Wang Yang, Zhao Leji meet the press at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 25, 2017. China on October 25 unveiled its new ruling council with President Xi Jinping firmly at the helm after stamping his authority on the country by engraving his name on the Communist Party's constitution. / AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO

Intellectual from behind throne

Wang Huning, the mastermind of the Chinese communist party, has been elevated to the Politburo Standing Committee.

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A woman walks past a roadside poster of Chinese President Xi Jinping after the closing of the 19th Communist Party Congress in Beijing on October 24, 2017. Xi Jinping's name was added to the Communist Party's constitution at a defining congress, elevating him alongside Chairman Mao to the pantheon of the country's founding giants. / AFP PHOTO / GREG BAKER

The thoughts of President Xi

Xi Jinping has coined a slogan to guide China for the next two decades.

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BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 25: Han Zheng, Wang Huning, Li Zhanshu, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Wang Yang and Zhao Leji attends the greets the media at the Great Hall of the People on October 25, 2017 in Beijing, China. China's ruling Communist Party today revealed the new Politburo Standing Committee after its 19th congress. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

Ideology rules in top China team

Xi Jinping has introduced to the world his new political team members, but none seems destined to succeed him.

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China to grow if Xi says so

Xi Jinping and the Communist Party have tightened their grip on power.

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