Books & arts
1 October 2024
Once described as the Zelig of Chinese politics, Zhou Enlai had an uneasy relationship with the Great Helmsman
Books & arts
12 September 2024
A fine-grained and often funny new history of the Soviet cold war reveals an imperial power promoting itself as a friend of the global liberation struggle
National affairs
23 August 2024
Rather than American or Chinese ascendancy in Asia, we’re likely to be facing a “long in-between.” Where does that leave AUKUS?
Books & arts
6 August 2024
A Taiwan-centred history of the island reveals a nation-in-the-making
National affairs
22 April 2024
As a China-watching think tank winds up after Morrison-era cuts, a respected analyst reviews government funding for security-related research and education
National affairs
21 March 2024
Both countries got what they wanted out of Wang Yi’s visit to Canberra
International
22 February 2024
How did this candid drama series make it past the censors?
National affairs
15 February 2024
Yang Hengjun’s sentencing shows a Chinese security apparatus largely oblivious to foreign relations concerns
Books & arts
9 February 2024
A great number of migrants left China’s Zhongshan county for Australia — but the traffic wasn’t always one way
International
26 January 2024
Will this week’s election bring a change of orientation for the island nation?
International
8 January 2024
Could Taiwan’s 13 January election trigger a war with China?
Books & arts
5 January 2024
A veteran China watcher uncovers a network of counter-historians
Correspondents
24 November 2023
Hsiao Bi-khim’s impressive record might help save Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party from electoral defeat
Correspondents
24 November 2023
The Solomon Islands prime minister has played off China and the West remarkably well
Books & arts
21 November 2023
Caught between their home villages and the city, a generation of Chinese migrant workers struggles for intimacy
International
30 October 2023
Anthony Albanese’s visit to China late this week comes almost exactly fifty years after Gough Whitlam’s pioneering trip
Essays & reportage
20 October 2023
When the history of electric vehicles is written, who will be seen as central?
Correspondents
12 October 2023
In Taipei, National Day tests the temperature of nationalist sentiment
Correspondents
28 September 2023
A group of Australian MPs in Taiwan this week would have been struck by parallels between the two countries’ First Nations people
Books & arts
1 September 2023
A fascinating examination of the Chinese economy leaves one big question unanswered
Books & arts
26 August 2023
A seasoned analyst outlines the strategy Australia should have debated before the latest bout of defence spending
International
23 August 2023
Non-Western powers are increasingly contributing to global pressure on Russia
National affairs
31 July 2023
A group of Japanese foreign policy experts has a message for the Australian government
International
10 July 2023
Life follows art in the streaming service’s new political series
National affairs
27 June 2023
Signs suggest the warming of Australia–China relations has slowed to a glacial pace
Books & arts
13 June 2023
Two new books excavate everyday experiences of the Cultural Revolution
Books & arts
3 April 2023
Australia’s impassioned worries about China are in tension with better relations in the Pacific
Books & arts
17 March 2023
Democracy has spread in a distinctive way among Asia’s success stories
International
23 December 2022
Challenges at home are contributing to a tentative shift in relations with the West
Books & arts
14 December 2022
A historian rescues a former leader from the party’s airbrushers