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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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China crisis: it’s time to think the unthinkable

The brittle nature of east Asian security in the new era of Xi Jinping calls for a review of our dependence on iron ore exports.

Rowan Callick

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Chinese foreign minsiter Qin Gang removed from post

Why Xi’s paranoia is key to missing minister

Imagine if Penny Wong disappeared from public life for a month, the government announced her removal as Foreign Minister – yet otherwise Canberra carried on as normal.

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Outspoken critic of Hong Kong Government Kevin Yam is one of eight ex-pats who have bounties on their heads. Jane Dempster/The Australian.

Hong Kong’s slide to proxy arm of Beijing’s law

Bounties on eight dissidents who fled the territory steps up the pressure, even as Australia’s relationship with China stabilises.

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PORT MORESBY, PNG: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese holds a press conference with PNG Prime Minister Marape in Port Moresby. Picture: PMO via NCA NewsWire

Albanese’s bold start in restoring PNG’s key old friendship

Despite the more equable tone in the China relationship since Labor was elected, the facts on the ground – including in our region – remain much the same.

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Supplied image of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape. Photo - PMO

PM’s visit a chance to rebuild PNG ties

Australia has for too long forgotten its friends and neighbours, and China is waiting in the wings.

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN - JANUARY 11: Tsai Ing-Wen waves after addressing supporters following her re-election as President of Taiwan on January 11, 2020 in Taipei, Taiwan. Tsai Ing-Wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has been re-elected as Taiwans president as voters displayed their disapproval of Beijing by opting for a leader who had campaigned on defending their country from China. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Are Taiwan links doomed to end up as collateral damage?

Taiwan is Australia’s fifth-largest export market and represents an especially natural economic, social and cultural partner for Australia in the region. But how do we foster that relationship under Beijing’s watchful gaze?

Rowan Callick

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China's President Xi Jinping attends the 29th APEC Economic Leadersâ Meeting (AELM) during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Bangkok on November 19, 2022. (Photo by Jack TAYLOR / POOL / AFP)

Could Xi’s ‘great ship of socialism’ be running aground?

The party state and especially the President personally have hit the doldrums. Can citizens now hope to re-assume greater control over their own lives?

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BEIJING, CHINA -NOVEMBER 28: Protesters shout slogans during a protest against Chinas strict zero COVID measures on November 28, 2022 in Beijing, China. Protesters took to the streets in multiple Chinese cities after a deadly apartment fire in Xinjiang province sparked a national outcry as many blamed COVID restrictions for the deaths. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

Xi at risk of losing grip on hearts and minds

China’s Communist Party is being taught that after a decade of pushing its people around, it is reaching the limits of their endurance.

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China's President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan walk at the welcoming dinner during the G20 Summit in Badung on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on November 15, 2022. (Photo by WILLY KURNIAWAN / POOL / AFP)

Telling reasons behind Xi’s U-turn on dialogue

China is talking up perceived threats to its security while pursuing development abroad.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on November 15, 2022. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)

China’s great wall of ‘no-speak’ has crumbled … so what happens now

The bilateral relationship has thankfully found some firm ground, but there can’t be a true reset under Xi. China has entered a new era and there’s no going back.

Rowan Callick

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