Inside China
Media tycoon tells court he did not use Trump officials to influence policy on Hong Kong
Pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai has taken the stand for the first time since his arrest on national security charges.
- by Lisa Visentin
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Opinion
US Votes 2024
Rise of the hawks: Trump’s first appointments don’t bode well for China
Donald Trump’s administration is starting to take shape, and his appointees to key positions have something in common: they’re well-known China hawks.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Opinion
Tight US election casts a shadow over China’s economic planning
Xi’s key policymakers are meeting to discuss a large fiscal stimulus package, knowing that the US election outcome could have threatening implications.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Opinion
China’s big fiscal stimulus package is coming
The value of the country’s exports grew by 2.4 per cent last month, way short of the 8.7 per cent growth experienced in August.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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.
- by Lisa Visentin
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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.
- by Lisa Visentin
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China relations
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.
- by Lisa Visentin and Mike Foley
Opinion
World markets
Why global investors made the wrong bet on a big Chinese stimulus
Xi Jinping’s major fiscal stimulus package, which could have capitalised on the big bounce in the sharemarket, has so far failed to materialise.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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.
- by Lisa Visentin
Opinion
Opinion
Slow-motion train crash: Xi Jinping needs to pull China out of its spiral
China has just announced a fresh set of stimulus measures to try and fix its economy. Once again, they are too half-hearted.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Opinion
World markets
China is in deep trouble despite a surging sharemarket
While the People’s Bank of China’s monetary blitz has ignited the sharemarket, it doesn’t fix its economic crisis. A meeting later this month will tell us more.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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