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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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China's President Xi Jinping swears under oath after being re-elected as president for a third term during the third plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 10, 2023. (Photo by NOEL CELIS / AFP)

Rubber stamp secures Xi power trifecta

The National People’s Congress also unanimously voted 2952-0 to give him a third term as head of Central Military Commission.

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militant messageWorld

TOPSHOT - An attendant takes a selfie outside the Great Hall of the People during the second plenary session of the National Peopleâs Congress (NPC) in Beijing on March 7, 2023. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP)

Have the courage to fight: Xi

Xi Jinping has said China needs to harden its scientific self-sufficiency, build its ‘strategic capabilities’ and promote a nationwide love of the military.

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“Sabre rattling”Defence

28/06/2019 Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison meets with President Xi Jinping during the G20 in Osaka, Japan on June 28, 2019. Picture: Adam Taylor Adam Taylor/PMO

China invasion forecasts questionable: Morrison

Scott Morrison says US military timelines about when China might invade Taiwan should be taken ‘with a grain of salt’ and that “the best outcome is there is no such conflict”.

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‘Hit the brakes’World

BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 07: China's foreign minister Qin Gang holds a China's constitution during a press conference at Media Center on March 07, 2023 in Beijing, China. Foreign Minister Qin Gang answered questions from Chinese and foreign journalists on China's foreign policy and foreign relations. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

China’s warning for US

Xi Jinping and his Foreign Minister have accused America and its allies of waging ‘all-round containment’ on China.

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National People’s CongressWorld

BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 04: Chinese President Xi Jinping attend the opening of the first session of the 14th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at The Great Hall of People on March 4, 2023 in Beijing, China.China's annual political gathering known as the Two Sessions will convene leaders and lawmakers to set the government's agenda for domestic economic and social development for the year. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

China ramps up defence spending

China will increase defence spending by more than 7 per cent to $330bn, citing ‘complex security challenges’.

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G20 meetingWorld

(L-R) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar attend a Quad Ministersâ panel at the Taj Palace Hotel in New Delhi on March 3, 2023. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY / POOL / AFP)

Quad nations tell China to follow the rules

Beijing has no reason to fear the Quad, say the foreign ministers of Japan, Australia, India and the US, so long as China ‘abides by the rules’.

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12-point proposalWorld

Russian President Vladimir Putin lays flowers at the Moscow Kremlin Wall in the Alexander Garden during an event marking Defender of the Fatherland Day in Moscow on February 23, 2023. (Photo by Pavel Bednyakov / Sputnik / AFP)

China issues peace plan for Ukraine

Beijing calls for urgent talks amid reports a Chinese company is in deep negotiations to supply Russia with deadly kamikaze drones.

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EXCLUSIVEWorld

Billionaire Ma jets out after ‘personal trip’ to Australia

Elusive Alibaba billionaire Jack Ma’s trip to Australia came as Xi Jinping’s crackdown on the Chinese private sector took a major new scalp.

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EXCLUSIVEWorld

Dominic Dwyer (R) and other members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, leave the Hilton Wuhan Optics Valley Hotel where the team is currently based post-quarantine in Wuhan, Chinaâs central Hubei province on January 29, 2021. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

Beijing urged to co-operate on research into Covid origins

Beijing has refused access for the second phase of the UN agency’s investigation for more than two years.

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EXCLUSIVEPolitics

A haul truck is loaded by a digger with material from the pit at Rio Tinto Group's West Angelas iron ore mine in Pilbara, Australia, on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. Rio Tinto Group, the world's second-biggest iron ore exporter, will spend $518 million on the first driverless long-distance trains to haul the commodity from its Western Australia mines to ports, boosting efficiency. Photographer: Ian Waldie/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Labor quietly approves $2bn China ore deal

The Albanese government has green-lit the involvement by state-owned giant China Baowu in an iron ore joint venture, the biggest Chinese investment in Australia since 2019.

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