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China’s latest blueprint aims to close US technology gap and break old habits
President Xi Jinping has put his country on track for its lowest growth target in three decades as he gets ready to welcome Donald Trump later this month.
- Lisa Visentin
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Trump’s attacks are not about Iran. He’s after a much bigger fish
Behind the turbulence that characterises US President Donald Trump’s actions in Iran lies a shrewd geopolitical strategy.
- Clinton Fernandes
Trump’s removal of another Xi friend complicates planned summit
American strikes on Iran come during a delicate period when officials in China and the US are trying to steady relations before Donald Trump arrives in Beijing on March 31.
This unlikely art deco hotspot is a must-visit in Asia
With its heritage-listed architecture and rich colonial history, the former British Concession on the bank of Shanghai’s Huangpu River is an open-air museum.
- Jenny Hewett
Tracy ‘McGrady’ is Milicic’s most important man in China’s Asian Cup defence
Former Matildas coach Ante Milicic’s China campaign relies on the man carrying the hopes of 1.4 billion people this Asia Cup.
- Emma Kemp
Australia seals UK defence deal with $300m for AUKUS sub reactors
The new spending is the first payment for Rolls-Royce equipment to be installed in the first AUKUS boats, as Defence Minister Pat Conroy visits his British counterpart in London.
- David Crowe
Tunnels, satellites and curious seismic activity: What is China doing in a remote, dried-up salt lake?
The barren location on the edge of a vast desert offers little support for civilisation but makes it the perfect site for secret nuclear testing.
- Sophia Yan
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- Resolve Political Monitor
More unpopular than Xi, Trump is dragging down America’s reputation in Australia
Donald Trump is significantly more unpopular than Xi Jinping, with almost half of Australians considering the US an equally big or bigger threat than China.
- Matthew Knott
Farewell Singapore, ni hao Beijing
As China reopens its doors to Australian journalists, our North Asia correspondent is packing up her apartment in the Little Red Dot and heading for Beijing.
- Lisa Visentin
‘They hate China’: Megastar skier hits back at US right-wing critics
Eileen Gu’s successes at Milano Cortina 2026 have turned her into a political target of American conservatives, who say there should be “consequences” for her decision to represent China.
- Vince Rugari