China’s growth plan ‘very good news for us’
The Treasurer welcomed Beijing’s new plan to jump start its sluggish economy while indicating Australia would not be following America’s lead on a new ban on Chinese EVs.
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Chalmers issues dire warning over slowing Chinese economy
The Treasurer has warned that further deterioration in China’s slowing economy would wreak havoc on Australia, with a drop of one percentage point in Chinese GDP growth projected to inflict about $6bn in lost domestic output.
Treasurer ducking rockets, talking economy
Hours before Jim Chalmers touched down, China blasted an intercontinental ballistic missile over the Pacific Ocean for the first time in 44 years. Don’t we live in interesting times.
Growth on the agenda as Chalmers begins China talks
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has arrived in Beijing to meet with National Development and Reform Commission chair Zheng Shanjie, who oversees China’s five-year economic plans and the country’s foreign investment regime.
Chalmers arrives in Beijing seeking clarity on China economic “weakness”
The Treasurer has landed in Beijing where he will seek clarity on what the troubles in China’s economy mean for Australia and his next federal budget.
‘Draw your sword’: China mocks RAAF in video of PLA jet encounter
China’s national broadcaster has released rare footage of a People’s Liberation Army Air Force firing flares and metal chaff at an RAAF plane in a tense encounter over the South China Sea | WATCH
Chinese propaganda boss on secret mission
The Australian can reveal a top official from the Chinese Communist Party’s central propaganda department has held high-level meetings in Australia.
First parliamentary delegation in five years to visit China
A bipartisan group of federal politicians is set to visit our biggest trading partner, the first such trip since Beijing spectacularly denied visas to Andrew Hastie and James Paterson.
After years in Beijing’s crosshairs, Australian farmers flock back to China
Seven years after being thrown into Beijing’s freezer, a group of Australian farmers is on the cusp of what remains one of the greatest prizes for our $80bn agricultural export sector: access to China’s enormous market.
Summer parties, icy meetings: it’s now the new norm with Beijing
An Australian-themed knees-up on the Great Wall of China is a striking real world example of why officials privately say ‘project stabilisation’ with China has gone far better than they imagined.
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