Xi digs in with top-down plan after ‘lost decade’
China is reeling from a property bust and verging on a deflationary spiral. Growth has slowed and Western investment has collapsed. But Xi Jinping won’t change his course.
China Ties
Honda, Nissan to create world’s top-three automaker
Honda’s chief executive said the move wasn’t a rescue of troubled Nissan as Japanese government pressure and China impacts drive marriage.
Make no mistake, command and control will crush ASPI’s independence
It makes zero sense that the Australian government would narrow rather than expand Australia’s options for engaging with Washington when the US is moving into a new Trump administration that will bring challenges for the Australian bureaucracy.
Cash splash a missed opportunity
Solomons send Canberra on a merry Christmas dance over funding.
Why the ‘wise men’ are antidote to East-West division
With Russia turning to China, North Korea and Iran on an axis of anti-Western animus, the globe has rarely been more sharply divided along an East-West fissure.
China to stay in Solomons despite new deal with Australia
Chinese forces will not be required to leave the Solomon Islands as part of a new security arrangement agreed to by Anthony Albanese and Solomons leader Jeremiah Manele.
Albo deals $190m Pacific blow to China
Anthony Albanese has dealt a massive blow to China’s influence by striking a major deal with a key Pacific country.
Energy and resource exports set to tumble in grim outlook
The value of Australian energy and resource exports will tumble, heightening pressure on the country’s $2.5 trillion economy and darkening Labor’s election prospects.
Canada clears Paladin’s $1.5bn uranium takeover
The acquisition of Fission Uranium will be subject to strict conditions aimed at preventing Chinese influence.
ASX suffers $50bn wipeout on worst day in months
The ASX 200 suffered its worst day in three months, as investors dumped tech, bank and mining stocks. The Australian dollar also hit a two-year low after big falls on Wall Street following the Federal Reserve’s weak rates outlook.
Critical thinking: strategic institutes fear funding cuts
One of Australia’s top strategic think tanks has warned that the government is preparing to nobble the organisation following a review that will allow its funding to be slashed if it doesn’t toe the line.
‘Certain countries’: China’s ominous warning
Beijing has issued a warning to “certain countries that infringe upon its rights” amid soaring tensions in the South China Sea.
Fresh option for Aussie tourists
Australian flight capacity to a huge Asian destination has increased with the arrival of a new airline in the country servicing Sydney and Melbourne.
ASX 200 ends down on mining losses; HMC, DigiCo dive
Surprise inclusions in RBA’s new-look monetary policy board; new governance board members named. Data centres-focused DigiCo continues to decline. HSBC sued for alleged scam fails. China slump a blow to Treasurer’s mid-year budget update.
Slumping Chinese economy blows $100bn hole in Chalmers budget
Jim Chalmers will downgrade mining exports by $100bn and company tax receipts by $8.5bn, as Xi Jinping’s flatlining economy drives a widening deficit hole in Australia’s budget.
All eyes on Jim as PM seeks an economic fix
Jim Chalmers’s luck has run out, as Anthony Albanese turns to him to reverse the government’s fortunes and get it back on-message months out from a tight federal election.
China’s $108 billion hit on Aussie economy
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned that a weakened Chinese economy will have devastating repercussions for Australia’s bottom line.
Chinese ‘spy’ tied to Prince Andrew met David Cameron and Theresa May
Revelation shows how H6’s alleged ‘elite capture’ tactics extended to at least two former prime ministers.
Wong’s hostility to Israel state – like Whitlam’s – betrays all Hawke held dear
Penny Wong praises Bob Hawke’s memory – but her words bury him, along with the good he did.
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This story matters more than ever now, as Xi Jinping imposes on China the antithesis of what Hu Yaobang articulated and patiently, intelligently championed, between 1977 and 1987.
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