Books & arts
11 December 2024
Kevin Rudd sees a clear line between the Chinese president’s worldview and his country’s path. But is it as simple as that?
Essays & reportage
6 December 2022
Behind the hardline policy is a quest for perfection that dates back to the Communist Party’s founding
Essays & reportage
14 October 2020
Australia was pursuing an independent approach well before the US president upended the strategic order
Essays & reportage
5 July 2019
Australia’s diplomatic language has evolved during a period of instability and risk, but is practice following?
Books & arts
15 March 2018
Books | Is China a different kind of democracy, or simply a self-preserving one-party state?
Essays & reportage
21 September 2017
Australian universities need to guard against the possibility that collaborations with their Chinese peers could undermine free enquiry
Essays & reportage
16 August 2017
Liu Xiaobo’s message from prison to the West
International
19 January 2017
Donald Trump undermines the global rules-based order at America’s own peril, and Australia risks being caught in the backwash
Essays & reportage
27 September 2016
Beijing’s role in the Chinese community media in Australia is increasingly in conflict with its own demand for respect
International
18 April 2016
China needs no help in silencing its critics at home and abroad. So how did Australia come to be part of the problem, asks John Fitzgerald
Books & arts
11 August 2015
Books | Political philosopher Daniel A. Bell wants us to see China as a meritocracy-in-progress, writes John Fitzgerald. But is he really defending autocracy?
Books & arts
9 December 2014
Evan Osnos has written a remarkable book about the world’s most populous country, writes John Fitzgerald. But is it too distinctively an American view?
International
31 October 2013
China’s approach to science research could advance the country’s strategic objectives while doing little to advance science, writes John Fitzgerald. This…