CCP influence
‘Aren’t you worried you are being brainwashed?’ The junket that left Richard’s friends on edge
The discounted tour to China included four-star hotels, nightly banquets, and speeches about being “one big family”.
- Lisa Visentin and Daniel Ceng
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Caught in a $60b scam, these workers tried to flee but the soldiers were waiting
It starts with a fake job ad and a free plane ticket to Bangkok. But when you cross into Myanmar’s lawless borderlands, you realise what you’ve walked into.
- Zach Hope and Kate Geraghty
- Exclusive
- Australia votes
Wong weaponises Liberal ‘Chinese spies’ gaffe in battle for vote
Concerns about the risk of Chinese government influence have bedevilled all sides in this election as parties vie for the key voter group.
- Max Maddison, Paul Sakkal and Kayla Olaya
- Opinion
- Vietnam
There’s a reason some Vietnamese restaurants fly a yellow flag, others a red
Duality lives in the bones of my generation divided by conflict: in the way elders hoard plastic bags like wartime rations, in the hesitation when hearing a northern accent.
- Jenny Tran
Election watchdog opens probe into Monique Ryan volunteer video
The video shows two people in Ryan campaign T-shirts handing out the teal MP’s how-to-vote cards and saying they were directed to vote for her by groups with links to the Chinese Communist Party.
- Paul Sakkal
‘No trace’: Dissident artist told his work has been removed from Hong Kong billboard
Australia-based artist Badiucao said his four-second video work was designed to test “the freedom-of-speech situation in Hong Kong”.
- Elizabeth Flux
- Exclusive
- China relations
Fresh image shows CCP-linked high roller shoulder-to-shoulder with Dutton
Xie Xiongming’s foundation had its charity status revoked by the regulator for failing to disclose its financials, while a spokesman for Dutton said he didn’t know Xie.
- David Crowe and Nick McKenzie
- Analysis
- China relations
Why China must be quietly pleased that Trump has made it a target
Around the world, Beijing is working to peel away support for a US-led international system and recast itself as a more reliable partner in trade, development and security.
- Lisa Visentin
- Exclusive
- China relations
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
- Analysis
- Inside China
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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