This Month
Diplomatic pressure builds on Hong Kong over Jimmy Lai trial
The British and US governments have called for Mr Lai’s immediate release, saying the trial is politically motivated.
- James Pomfret and Jessie Pang
Voters feel everything is getting worse except China relationship
Cranky voters believe everything from wages to the economy, energy bills and the behaviour of politicians has deteriorated.
- Phillip Coorey
All China trade restrictions gone in 2024, Farrell predicts
Trade Minister Don Farrell says Australia has whittled down China’s trade restrictions on $20 billion of goods, and what’s left will go in 2024.
- Updated
- Ronald Mizen
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
Independent posturing outside the US alliance would endanger Australia
The more important and integral we are to American regional interests, the more likely it is that our powerful ally will come to our aid, under any administration.
- John Lee
China’s leaders send mixed signals on how to fix economy
A key meeting of Xi Jinping and his top policy advisers has left investors confused about how far Beijing is prepared to go to bolster economic growth.
- Michael Smith
China Politburo raises expectations for ambitious 2024 GDP goal
Economic targets for 2024 will be set at the Communist Party’s annual economic work conference, expected to be held later this month.
- Bloomberg News
- Analysis
- Review
Why Australia can’t rely on the US to save it from China
Former foreign minister Gareth Evans looks at the country’s options in relation to the dominant force in the region.
- Gareth Evans
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Slumping China, hidden dragon: Solving the great iron ore mystery
China’s economy is weak, yet iron ore prices have climbed 33 per cent since mid-August. BHP’s chief economist tells us how this is possible.
- James Thomson
EU presses China on industrial overcapacity at Beijing summit
Concern about Chinese manufacturing overcapacity is being fuelled by data showing state banks targeting industries such as electric vehicles.
- Joe Leahy, Henry Foy, Andy Bounds and Andy Lin
- Exclusive
- China's Spy Secrets
China can use TikTok to ‘radically reshape’ global opinion: Garnaut
US Congress is looking to Australian security adviser John Garnaut for advice on how to combat China’s use of misinformation to wield political influence.
- Michael Smith
China is losing the battle against iron ore price controls
The latest rally poses a strategic dilemma for Xi Jinping’s policymakers as they seek to support the debt-laden property sector.
- Michael Smith
What Kissinger told Rudd before flying to China
Australia’s Ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd dined at the late Henry Kissinger’s home earlier this year.
- Matthew Cranston
November
China launches review into Australian wine tariffs
China’s Commerce Ministry says a review into Australian wine tariffs was launched on Thursday.
- Michael Smith
What Henry Kissinger told the Financial Review in 1995
The diplomatic powerhouse has died at age 100. Here is an extract from a 1995 speech in Sydney.
- Henry Kissinger
Rare earths rebuff for China-linked fund amid FIRB probe
The company has rejected an attempt by Chinese interests to gain access to its books and dump its executive chairman in a row over a rare earths project.
- Brad Thompson
Dutton rips Chinese official over navy incident
The opposition leader has had a sharp exchange with a visiting senior official from Beijing over the incident in the East China Sea.
- Phillip Coorey
Why Rudd rates this alternative to Biden
Australia’s US ambassador has praised California governor Gavin Newsom’s efforts to “maximise collaboration with the Chinese”.
- Matthew Cranston
The Japanese town that’s ground zero in the US-China chip war
Kikuyo has become an unlikely key player in global tensions over semiconductors, but it’s struggling as an influx of Taiwanese workers push up wages and rents.
- Michael Smith
Inside US efforts to untangle an AI giant’s ties to China
US officials fear G42 could be a conduit by which advanced American technology is siphoned to Chinese companies or the government.
- Mark Mazzetti and Edward Wong
Chalmers enters into Northern Minerals rare earths row
Australia is talking tough in an escalating dispute over Chinese attempts to maintain a monopoly on the supply of materials essential in defence and other industries.
- Brad Thompson, Andrew Tillett and Elouise Fowler
