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Will GlasgowNorth Asia Correspondent

Will Glasgow is The Australian’s North Asia Correspondent, now based in Beijing. He has lived and reported from Beijing and Taipei since 2020. He is winner of the Keith McDonald Award for Business Journalist of the Year and previously worked at The Australian Financial Review.

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‘Positive step’World

NEWS: Calf Sale PreviewLeon is selling 220 heifers and steers at the upcoming Pakenham weaner cattle sales. PICTURED: Generic farm. Beef cattle. Charolais and Angus cattle. Stock photo. Rural landscape.Picture: Zoe Phillips

Beijing’s trade ban a ‘long way’ from over

China has ended the suspension of three Australian abattoirs, in a surprise move the meat industry says is ‘a start’.

Will Glasgow and Eli Greenblat

alarming rebuttalNation

Chinese Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Liu Jianchao arrives at Gimpo International Airport in Seoul on March 15, 2015, to meet with South Korean officials on North Korea's nuclear program and other issues of mutual concern. (AAP Image/Yonhap) NO ARCHIVING, AUSTRALIA ONLY

Chinese diplomat’s false claim on sonar blast

One of Beijing’s top diplomats has called for Australian naval vessels to operate with ‘greater prudence’ in waters near China.

Will Glasgow and Ben Packham

Unity bid ends in farceWorld

Taiwan presidential candidate Lai Ching-te (L) and his running mate Hsiao Bi-khim (R) , from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), display a document at the Central Elections Committee after they registered running for the 2024 presidential elections in Taipei on November 21, 2023. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP)

Beijing’s ‘enemy’ in Taiwan poll lead

Opposition parties fail to unify ahead of registration deadline in boon to ruling party candidate, the current favorite.

Will Glasgow

ban set to endWorld

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 23: A general view of lobsters at the Sydney Fish Market on December 23, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. The Sydney Fish Market experiences its busiest trade over the Christmas week including the 36 hour marathon from 5am on the 23rd December until 5pm Christmas Eve, with over 350 tonnes of seafood expected to be sold at the event during the non-stop trading period. (Photo by Jenny Evans/Getty Images)

China’s lobster trade hint, with a side warning

China gives its first hint of an end to a ban on Australia’s live lobsters, while warning against ‘making trouble’ after a recent naval incident.

Will Glasgow

ban set to endWorld

China’s lobster trade hint, with a side warning

China gives its first hint of an end to a ban on Australia’s live lobsters, while warning against ‘making trouble’ after a recent naval incident.

Will Glasgow

INQUIRERWorld

US President Joe Biden walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping as they meet at Filoli Estate during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' week in Woodside, California, on November 15, 2023. Biden and Xi will try to prevent the superpowers' rivalry spilling into conflict when they meet for the first time in a year at a high-stakes summit in San Francisco on Wednesday. With tensions soaring over issues including Taiwan, sanctions and trade, the leaders of the world's largest economies are expected to hold at least three hours of talks at the Filoli country estate on the city's outskirts. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) / ALTERNATIVE CROP

Do people in China think there will be war over Taiwan?

Beijing’s war talk has rattled capitals around the world, but many in the Chinese city closed to Taiwan say they are unconcerned.

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INQUIRERInquirer

One country, two systems, but no fears of a Strait war

Tensions over Beijing’s threats run high in Taiwan and the West, but many in nearby Xiamen are unconcerned.

Will Glasgow

COMMENTARYWorld

US President Joe Biden (R) and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together after a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' week in Woodside, California on November 15, 2023. Biden and Xi will try to prevent the superpowers' rivalry spilling into conflict when they meet for the first time in a year at a high-stakes summit in San Francisco on Wednesday. With tensions soaring over issues including Taiwan, sanctions and trade, the leaders of the world's largest economies are expected to hold at least three hours of talks at the Filoli country estate on the city's outskirts. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

What to make of Biden’s meeting with Xi?

Joe Biden didn’t get the ‘handsome boy’ treatment, and while the modest agreements were mostly the undoing of policies imposed in anger, there was much to gain for Australia.

Will Glasgow

Xi-Biden summitWorld

(FILES) US President Joe Biden (R) and China's President Xi Jinping (L) shake hands as they meet on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on November 14, 2022. US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to meet on November 15 in San Francisco in what will be the rival powers' first summit in a year, informed sources said on November 8, 2023. The two sides have not formally announced the date but have made arrangements to hold the meeting on the sidelines of the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, which the United States is hosting, according to a US official and a Washington-based diplomat, both speaking on condition of anonymity. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Taiwan warns of ‘year of uncertainty’ before Xi meets Biden

In rare comments, President Tsai’s top national security adviser says America is using ‘all possible ways’ to help Taiwan defend itself.

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INQUIRERInquirer

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets with China’s President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, November 6, 2023. Anthony Albanese will hold talks in China with President Xi Jinping in the first visit to the Asian nation by a sitting prime minister since 2016. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

China’s neck-snapping change in tone on Australia

Until last year Australia’s relationship with China was appalling. Now the Chinese Premier is calling our Prime Minister a ‘handsome boy’. Why is China being chummy?

Will Glasgow

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