China relations
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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Xi’s China will be world-shaping in the coming months and years. Our return to Beijing could not be more timely or urgent
North Asia correspondent Lisa Visentin has landed in Beijing to cover China, resuming our 50-year history of reporting from inside the country.
- Lisa Visentin
‘Free flow of people’: China’s ambassador makes rare intervention in student visa debate
Both countries would benefit from more visas for international students and scholars, Beijing’s envoy says, as numbers rebound towards pre-pandemic levels.
- Sally Rawsthorne
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
Trump has not restrained predators Putin and Xi. He’s joined them
As the war in Ukraine enters its fifth year, there are five geopolitical and strategic lessons to be learnt for nations like Australia.
- Peter Hartcher
- Exclusive
- 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
- Analysis
- Trump diplomacy
Why Trump’s ‘faux pas’ on Taiwan is ringing alarm bells in Washington
The president indicated he was consulting Chinese President Xi Jinping about US arms sales to Taiwan, prompting accusations he had broken with prior US commitments – if not by letter, then by spirit.
- Michael Koziol
BHP cashes in on ‘metal of the future’
BHP’s half-year profit surges to $8 billion as high global demand for copper pays off for the mining giant.
- Simon Johanson
The end of the boozy Chinese banquet hits Australia’s largest winemaker
The $4 billion Treasury Wine Estates has suspended its interim dividend and cut its shipments to the US and China to regain control over supply and price.
- Jessica Yun
Appropriation or appreciation? Why fashion’s gaze has turned to China
Fashion’s fascination with the East is nothing new. But as China’s global superpower rises, the way the West engages with its culture is changing. What’s at play?
- Lauren Ironmonger