Billionaire’s warning on Chinese immigrants
One of Australia’s richest people says he believes the solution to the housing crisis is increasing immigration levels to include ‘various types’.
China Ties
NY hedge funds snap up excess Goodman Group stock
A group of hedge funds out of New York are believed to have been the buyers of shares in Goodman Group worth at least $813m that were sold by investment bank Citi late last week.
Albo deals fresh blow to Beijing’s influence
Anthony Albanese has signed a new deal with a key Pacific Islands nation to counter China’s ambitions in the strategically important region.
Morrison’s AUKUS message a timely warning on China
Scott Morrison’s warning that Labor must promote AUKUS as a military deterrent against Beijing,is a timely attempt at jolting Canberra into the risks of normalising ties with China.
Growing China-Trump rift a test for Labor on AUKUS pact: Morrison
Scott Morrison says Labor must embrace AUKUS as a military deterrent against China, warning that the stabilisation of ties with Beijing must not obscure strategic intent behind the landmark agreement
TikTok ban upheld by US court, arguments dismissed
Beijing-based ByteDance must sell the video-sharing app by early next year after the ruling that safeguarding national security does not hurt free speech.
Think things are bad now? The world is giving us a hefty pay cut
A nasty US-China trade war and a plunge in our export earnings will make it much harder to fund social services – and fix the budget.
Albanese’s $1.65bn rare earths deal has ‘no-China’ clause
The federal government has stumped up $400m more to help Iluka Resources build the nation’s first fully-integrated rare earths refinery.
Cloud cover adds to hotter days
Heatwaves baked the Mediterranean, China and the US last year. And scientists think they might have found the reason: fewer clouds.
Xi’s military purges a test of power and paranoia
Xi Jinping has showered his People’s Liberation Army with massive amounts of new kit over the past decade. But the PLA lacks a quality that simply can’t be bought: Xi’s trust.
‘Strategic case’ made for Japanese frigate
Former Japanese ambassador Shingo Yamagami has urged Anthony Albanese to prioritise the nations’ ‘quasi alliance’ by choosing his country’s Mogami frigate.
Improve ties with Phnom Penh or risk Chinese spy outpost; warns Lowy
A new Lowy Institute report urges Australia and the US to understand Cambodia’s embrace of Chinese military assistance as a reaction to its “acute sense of vulnerability towards Thailand and Vietnam”, and not just through the prism of US–China competition.
Rio Tinto treading fine line on Australia-China relations
The mining giant’s boss Jakob Stausholm wants to avoid creating tension between Australia and China in finding a way forward to launch buybacks.
ASX 200 trims gains; bitcoin above $US100,000
Bitcoin hits much-awaited milestone. Rio Tinto’s buyback, dual-listing pressures mount. HMC rises on $950m energy buyout. Kmart finds new boss. Aristocrat gaming arm names new CEO. Woolworths strike action ‘concerning’: Wesfarmers boss.
China, India metals exporter acquires Sydney recycling company
A Victorian metals exporter has acquired a business which sources and sells materials from commercial renovations and developments.
China ‘irrelevant’ to PNG NRL deal
Papua New Guinea will get an Australian taxpayer-funded NRL team without having to explicitly rule out a future security agreement with Beijing, PNG Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko has revealed.
Three funerals to reshape the Middle East
Octogenarian leaders in Iran, Saudi Arabia and Palestine are running out of breath. All three block the road to modernisation. A new generation is waiting to take charge.
Crisis at heart of key Asian ally will rattle White House
South Korea has been, quietly, a huge success story for the West. The US will be concerned by the prospect of chaos in a key ally amid the threat of China in the Pacific.
Goodman shares fall after $1.9bn block trade stalls
China Investment Corporation’s shares were re-offered to the market at a lower price after investors shunned the block trade.
CIC sells down $1.9bn in Goodman
China Investment Corporation is in the process of selling a $1.9bn parcel of shares in the industrial property powerhouse Goodman Group.
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