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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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BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 5: Chinese President Xi Jinping stands during the opening of the NPC, or National People's Congress, at the Great Hall of the People on March 5, 2024 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 Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

Purges and provocations: Five things to watch for at China’s most important political meeting

Thinned out by yet another wave of purges, Xi Jinping and his top officials are about to meet amid tight restrictions for the ‘Two Sessions’ of congress.

Will Glasgow

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 30: Liang Wenfeng, founder of startup DeepSeek, delivers the keynote speech during the 10th China Private Equity Golden Bull Awards on August 30, 2019 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

The remarkable transformation of China’s introverted billionaire

Liang Wenfeng, 40, has suddenly become a pin-up for Beijing, a darling of China’s private sector and an idol to many young Chinese inspired by his desire to be ‘an innovator, not just a follower’.

Will Glasgow

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This handout photo taken on February 13, 2025 and released by The Australian Defence Force shows the Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Arunta (lower L) sailing near the People's Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) Fuchi-class replenishment vessel and Weishanhu Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang in the Tasman Sea. Australia's foreign minister voiced concern on February 21 over live fire drills conducted by three Chinese warships sailing off the country's east coast. (Photo by Handout / AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

‘Hyped it up’: Beijing fires back over naval exercises

Chinese defence ministry spokesman Wu Qian on Sunday said the PLA had sent repeated safety notices before the drills and that his country was ‘strongly dissatisfied’ with Australia’s response.

Noah Yim and Will Glasgow

Diplomatic complaintDefence

Peopleâs Liberation Army-Navy Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang. *** Local Caption *** As part of Australiaâs whole-of-government maritime border protection efforts, Defence routinely monitors all maritime traffic in our Exclusive Economic Zone and maritime approaches. Australia respects the right of all states under international law to exercise freedom of navigation and overflight in international waters and airspace, just as we expect others to respect our right to do the same. Picture: ADF

‘Disconcerting’: Australia confronts China over live weapons exercise

The Albanese government has lodged a diplomatic protest with Beijing over a live weapons drill between Australia and New Zealand, as the Defence Minister reveals China is yet to give a ‘satisfactory’ explanation.

Ben Packham, Will Glasgow and Amelia Swan

Unreliable superpowerWorld

Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2018. Picture: AFP

Trump jolts Taiwan with ‘cold reality’ of realpolitik as US cuts Ukraine

There is a sense of shock among senior Taiwanese officials as they watch the President of their most important security backer America give Ukraine a lesson in the ‘cold reality’ of international relations.

Will Glasgow

PLA encounterNation

Tension between Beijing and Canberra has hit new heights following two Chinese aircrafts launching flares near a RAAF surveillance plane.

China accuses Australia of being a ‘thug’ in the South China Sea

Beijing’s extraordinary outburst comes after Defence Minister Richard Marles said China’s persistent and dangerous military behaviour could end in fatalities.

Will Glasgow

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The Chinese Military Jet J-16 . Pictures - Supplied

China blames Australia for fighter jet’s flare drop

China accused the RAAF P-8A Poseidon of ‘deliberately intruding into China’s airspace’ while Australia lodged an official protest over the incident that risked the lives of up to a dozen Australians.

Ben Packham and Will Glasgow

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Wine_of_Chile_..._A_box_of_Yellow_Tail_being_delivered_to_a_supermarket_in_Beijing . Picture Will Glasgow/The Australian

Australia reclaims China wine crown

The surge of Australian wine back to China is welcome trade news for Canberra. But all is not right in the Australian industry’s biggest overseas market.

Will Glasgow

death sentenceWorld

--FILE--Chinese-Australian writer Yang Hengjun attends a lecture at Beijing Institute of Technology in Beijing, China, 18 November 2010. China has detained a Chinese-Australian writer who had flown in from New York last week, the Australian government said, adding it was trying to find out why he was being held. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said Chinese authorities on Wednesday had informed the Australian embassy in Beijing that they had detained Yang Hengjun.

China’s Yang jailing is appalling: Wong

Penny Wong said the government was ‘appalled’ by the suspended death sentence given to Yang Hengjun, but his supporters worry that Canberra’s approach is ‘too soft’.

Will Glasgow

Trade War 2025World

(FILES) This file combination of pictures created on May 14, 2020 shows recent portraits of China's President Xi Jinping (L) and US President Donald Trump. - Donald Trump pleaded with China's leader Xi Jinping for help to win re-election in 2020, the US president's former aide John Bolton writes in an explosive new book, according to excerpts published June 17. (Photos by Dan Kitwood and Nicholas Kamm / AFP)

Beijing bites back with big tariff hit on US

China slugged the US with 15 per cent tariffs on coal and liquefied natural gas just hours after Canada and Mexico won a 30-day reprieve from Donald Trump’s 25 per cent tariffs.

Joe Kelly and Will Glasgow

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