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International Taiwan’s cat warrior to the rescue? Antonia Finnane 24 November 2023 Hsiao Bi-khim’s impressive record might help save Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party from electoral defeat International Rolling with the waves Hamish McDonald 24 November 2023 The Solomon Islands prime minister has played off China and the West remarkably well Books & arts Stolen moments Linda Jaivin 21 November 2023 Caught between their home villages and the city, a generation of Chinese migrant workers struggles for intimacy International Scaling the Great Wall Mark Baker 30 October 2023 Anthony Albanese’s visit to China late this week comes almost exactly fifty years after Gough Whitlam’s pioneering trip

National affairs Quad erat demonstrandum? Hamish McDonald 31 July 2023 A group of Japanese foreign policy experts has a message for the Australian government International The Netflix series changing Taiwanese politics Antonia Finnane 10 July 2023 Life follows art in the streaming service’s new political series National affairs A pause in the thaw? Hamish McDonald 27 June 2023 Signs suggest the warming of Australia–China relations has slowed to a glacial pace Books & arts The silence that makes sense of modern China Linda Jaivin 13 June 2023 Two new books excavate everyday experiences of the Cultural Revolution

Books & arts China’s greatest enemy Kerry Brown 20 October 2022 Did Beijing set out to mislead the West about its intentions — and did it succeed? International “Will this ever end?” Kerry Brown 3 October 2022 How long can Xi Jinping’s government ignore the costs of its zero-Covid policy? National affairs Why an invasion of Taiwan would fail John Quiggin 14 September 2022 Russia’s disastrous miscalculations in Ukraine show why an invasion of Taiwan would be a grave mistake Books & arts China syndromes Kerry Brown 4 September 2022 Both Britain and Australia need to overcome a curious amnesia about their dealings with China