The Coalition’s lobbying of the government for increased China access for Beijing-exposed trade is a striking departure from the diversification policy championed by Scott Morrison and comes as an election looms.
Chinese officials have been briefed on the impending closure of Australia’s consulate in Shenyang, which will further the imbalance in diplomatic representation in the two countries.
The US president-elect has put adversaries and allies, including Australia, on notice that he intends to deliver on his tough campaigning rhetoric regarding trade issues.
The second China-America trade war has begun. It is set to get very ugly, very fast.
Labor, the Coalition and Greens show rare cross-party solidarity as the most high-profile figure in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement speaks in court for the first time after years of legal persecution.
Gordon Ng’s sentencing, alongside leaders of Hong Kong’s former opposition parties, was made after Xi Jinping told Anthony Albanese to take ‘great care’ of relations with Beijing.
Beijing has nominated Anthony Albanese as the leader other American allies should emulate, ahead of a meeting between the PM and Xi Jinping in Peru.
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A driver has killed 35 people and wounded 43 others in a “serious and vicious attack” in southern China, the latest mass homicide to shock the country and cast a pall over a display of Chinese military might only kilometres from the crime scene.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged Donald Trump to work with him to create a “stable, healthy and sustainable” relationship between the world’s two superpowers.
Beijing is preparing for a tariff assault that businesses say will be terrible for China’s economy, while Donald Trump’s Chinese ‘liberal’ supporters are elated.
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