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Will GlasgowNorth Asia Correspondent

Will Glasgow is The Australian’s North Asia Correspondent. In 2018 he won the Keith McDonald Award for Business Journalist of the Year. He previously worked at The Australian Financial Review.

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‘a no-show’World

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, the Hon Richard Marles MP, met with General Li Shangfu, Minister of Defence, China during the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, on 3 June 2023. *** Local Caption *** Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, the Hon Richard Marles MP, attended the 20th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on 2-4 June 2023. The International Institute for Strategic Studiesâ€™ (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue is the largest regional security dialogue in the Indo-Pacific, attended by high-level representatives from across the Indo- Pacific and Europe, including around 30 defence ministers, as well as major international defence industry companies and leading academics. The Deputy Prime Minister attended the forum with Prime Minister, the Hon Anthony Albanese MP, the Secretary of Defence, Mr Greg Moriarty and the Chief of the Defence Force, General Angus Campbell. Deputy Prime Minister Marles then travelled to Indonesia, Vanuatu, and Kiribati for high-level talks with his counterparts.

China defence minister has ‘disappeared’

Li Shangfu is believed to be under investigation, only months after Beijing purged its Foreign Minister Qin Gang.

Will Glasgow

COMMENTARYCommentary

(FILES) This file photo taken on November 5, 2020 shows a woman tasting red wine from Australia at the Food and Agricultural Products exhibition at the third China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai . - China on December 10, 2020 said it had imposed fresh import duties on Australian wine as it accused Canberra of giving firms subsidies, in the latest salvo in a bitter stand-off following last month's swingeing anti-dumping tariffs. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT

What’s on China’s new Australian wish list?

After a recent visit to Beijing it would be overdoing it to say we have a good relationship with China, but it is less bad than it was.

Will Glasgow

EXCLUSIVENation

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets with China’s Premier Li Qiang for a bilateral meeting in Jakarta for The Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN Summit in Indonesia, Thursday, September 7, 2023. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Albanese taking down the great wall of China

Anthony Albanese will be the first PM to visit China in seven years, as a high-level delegation visiting Beijing raise hopes Aussie wine restrictions will soon be lifted.

Ben Packham and Will Glasgow

taking the temperatureWorld

The Australian delegations with its Chinese counterparts.

‘Momentous event’: Emerson leads delegation to Beijing

Beijing dubbed the ‘Australia-China dialogue’ a reflection of the East-West relationship. And here I am with them, back in Beijing for the first time in 18 months. Glad I wore a tie.

Will Glasgow

InquirerInquirer

21/08/2023: Chinese Consul General in Brisbane, Dr Ruan Zongze, in the Chinese Consul, central Brisbane. Along with being a senior diplomat, Dr Ruan Zongze is also a key Chinese foreign policy thinker (who wrote the book Ã¢â¬ÅWhat China wantsÃ¢â¬Â about Chinese foreign policy in the Xi era) pic Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

‘We’re both sceptical’: What Beijing wants from Australia

Consul-general Dr Ruan Zongze is one of the most interesting diplomats to be posted to Australia, and says diplomacy should ‘give us some more wisdom’ to navigate differences.

Will Glasgow

inside storyWorld

The China Evergrande Group Royal Peak residential development under construction in Beijing, China, on Friday, July 29, 2022. A mild rally in Chinese developers dollar bonds appears to be losing momentum, as investors express disappointment that a top leadership meeting failed to unveil stronger policy support for the crisis-ridden industry.ÃÂ Source: Bloomberg

Xi’s economic gamble has Canberra on edge

No other government has ever tried to prick an economic bubble of the size Beijing has its sights on. Australia has a new China problem: we have a huge stake in its success – or failure.

Will Glasgow

exclusivePolitics

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

Australian businesses in dark on China’s new spy laws

Beijing’s anti-espionage law, which came into effect days before Hong Kong police put a bounty on two Aussies, has raised the risks for Australian companies.

Will Glasgow

National Security LawNation

Ted Hui (left) and Kevin Yam with Foreign Minister Penny Wong in January at the Australian government offices in Adelaide. On Monday, the Hong Kong police announced they two have been accused of "collusion". Picture - Supplied

Hong Kong cops’ bounty hunt for Aussie residents

Hong Kong police have put a $HK1m ($191,800) bounty on Melbourne-based Australian lawyer Kevin Yam and Ted Hui, a former HK politician who now lives in Adelaide.

Will Glasgow

EXCLUSIVEPolitics

An outdoor screen shows news coverage of New Zealand's Prime Minister Chris Hipkins meeting with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People, along a street in Beijing on June 27, 2023. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP)

NZ PM’s China trip rattles Taiwan

Wellington has given a ‘win’ to Beijing in the same week that Taipei has revealed it’s thickening security ties with Australia.

Will Glasgow

PROPAGANDA OVERDRIVEWorld

Beijing says Australia has brought ‘shame’ on itself

New Zealand has been praised for setting a ‘good example’ on how to deal with Beijing, as Australia gets told off for working too closely with the US.

Will Glasgow

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