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The Australian judges on Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal have been asked to consider the government’s concerns about a crackdown on political dissent by Hong Kong authorities.

Why four Australian judges have become a hot topic spoken about in hushed tones in Hong Kong

Penny Wong has made her strongest comments yet on the decision by the judges to continue working in Hong Kong amid concerns about a crackdown on political dissent.

  • Lisa Visentin

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a welcoming ceremony prior to a festive reception at BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, on Wednesday.

On the defence, China lashes Australia’s ‘racism and hate crimes’

It was a furious response to an Australian-led effort at the United Nations voicing concerns about Beijing’s human rights record in Xinjiang and Tibet.

  • Lisa Visentin and David Crowe
A big dish of sashimi made of Australian rock lobster and other seafood ready to be served at the Minmonfeast Restaurant in Beijing.

My hunt for smuggled Aussie lobster in downtown Beijing

After years of purgatory, the humble Australian rock lobster will make a triumphant return to banquets in China in the new year. Though, depending on who you ask, it never really left.

  • Lisa Visentin
Young job seekers consult with employment advisors at a job fair in Beijing on Setember 28, 2024.

Xi’s robocops and driverless cars leaving young people behind

Xi Jinping’s modernisation agenda aims to transform China into a high-tech superpower. At a job fair in central Beijing, the future isn’t so promising.

  • Lisa Visentin
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China’s $20b Australian trade war over as lobster trade resumes

Australia’s lobster exports are the last commodity to remain barred from the massive Chinese market.

  • Lisa Visentin and Mike Foley
Xiao Zhiquan, 59, waits by the road in eastern Beijing each day hoping to pick up work.

China at two speeds: Flying cars, moon trips and millions struggling to survive

Beneath the country’s rising tide of prosperity and modernisation are 300 million workers on whose poor backs the country is being transformed.

  • Lisa Visentin
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and disappeared ex-foreign minister Qin Gang, who has not been seen in public since June 2023.

Missing for months, China’s axed top diplomat has turned up. Or has he?

A veil of murkiness continues to hang over the fate of China’s ex-foreign minister Qin Gang, who has not been seen in public since June 2023, even amid fresh reports this week that he had been demoted to a low-level publishing job.

  • Lisa Visentin
Japan’s Ministry of Defence photo of a Chinese Y-9 reconnaissance plane.

Chinese spy plane breaches Japan’s airspace

Japan lodged a formal protest with the Chinese government, summoning the Charge d’Affaires of the Chinese embassy in Tokyo.

  • Lisa Visentin
A Chinese man stands alone to block a line of tanks in Tiananmen Square in 1989.

Videos critical of China harder to find on TikTok, study finds

In a survey conducted alongside the study, people who used TikTok for three hours or more daily were significantly more positive about China’s human rights record than non-users.

  • Alicia Clanton and Aisha Counts

Albanese wants a ‘stable’ relationship with China. This expert thinks he’s smoking dope

As China continues to extend its programs of global reach, even into Latin America, democracies need to be alert to Beijing’s active exploitation of chaos.

  • Peter Hartcher

Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/chinese-communist-party-1n85