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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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The World

PLA past haunts Kiwi MP

The China card is being played as New Zealand’s rollercoaster election battle nears its end.

Rowan Callick

A Chinese tour boat cruises on the Yalu River behind the Chinese flag flying on the Broken Bridge, in the border city of Dandong, in China's northeast Liaoning province on September 5, 2017. The Broken Bridge once connected Dandong and the North Korean town of Sinuiju, but was bombed by the US during the Korean war and now only reaches half way across the Yalu River. / AFP PHOTO / GREG BAKER

China fuels electric dream

Beijing wants be a world leader in new energy vehicles.

Rowan Callick

World Commentary

United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley rises her arm as she votes at a UN Security Council meeting over North Korea's new sanctions on September 11, 2017 at the UN Headquarters in New York. / AFP PHOTO / KENA BETANCUR

China needs to prepare for war

The latest round of UN sanctions is just as unlikely as the other eight to halt North Korea’s nuclear program.

Rowan Callick

Mining & Energy

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

China looks to cut coal imports

An Australian delegation will raise the issue in China this week as part of an annual strategic economic dialogue.

Rowan Callick

Business

Clouds are seen over the Pacific at sunset during the 48th Pacific Islands Forum at the Taumeasina Resort in Apia, Samoa, Friday, September 8, 2017. Malcolm Turnbull is in Samoa to attend the Pacific Islands Forum. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Aid shift to create Pacific jobs

The Australian government will use part of its $1.1bn aid program to create jobs in Pacific nations.

Rowan Callick

The World

This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 10, 2017 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (front C) and his wife Ri Sol-Ju (behind Kim) attending an art performance dedicated to nuclear scientists and technicians, who worked on a hydrogen bomb which the regime claimed to have successfully tested, at the People's Theatre in Pyongyang. / AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS / STR / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

China bans N Korea bank deals

China has banned transactions by North Korean individuals or organisations at its major banks.

Rowan Callick

The World

An anti-Hong Kong independence poster is displayed on top of pro-Hong Kong independence posters by a student from mainland China at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong on September 7, 2017. Hong Kong students have condemned their universities for attacking freedom of speech after banners and signs calling for the city's independence from China were taken down from campuses. / AFP PHOTO / Anthony WALLACE

Poster war erupts at HK uni

A poster war has erupted at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Rowan Callick

The World

A man watches a TV news program on a public screen showing an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un while reporting North Korea's possible nuclear test in Tokyo Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017. South Korea's military said Sunday that North Korea is believed to have conducted its sixth nuclear test after it detected a strong earthquake, hours after Pyongyang claimed that its leader has inspected a hydrogen bomb meant for a new intercontinental ballistic missile. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

S Korea braced for birthday test

South Korea and Japan on high alert for possible launch today as North Korea celebrates one of its major anniversaries.

Rowan Callick

Higher Education

07-09-17 - Guo Jie at Beihang campus. Beihang University is a major public research university located in Beijing, China Picture By Li Xiaonan

Students keen to stay at home

Guo Jie landed places at two Sydney universities and Beijing University of Aerospace and Aviation. he chose Beijing.

Rowan Callick

The World

Turning off oil a step too far

The US and China agree to work closely to halt North Korea’s nuclear march, but an oil blockade is off the table.

Rowan Callick

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