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China
Essays & Reportage
After the coronavirus, can Chinese politics ever be the same?
William H. Overholt
21 February 2020
Covid-19 adds to the likelihood of dramatic change in the world’s largest nation
International
What’s in a name?
Antonia Finnane
17 February 2020
There are other things we should know about the Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak
International
Xi’s black swan test
Kerry Brown
2 February 2020
The coronavirus strikes at both the strongest and the most vulnerable features of the Chinese system
Correspondents
Losing hearts and minds
Rowan Callick
13 January 2020
Taiwanese voters add their voice to opponents of Xi Jinping’s ambitions
International
The paradox of the People’s Liberation Army
Kerry Brown and Sophie Wushuang Yi
4 December 2019
Tightly controlled and generously funded, the PLA hasn’t seen battle overseas since 1979
International
The power of the ballot box
Rowan Callick
25 November 2019
Has the pro-democracy movement gained the upper hand by the most peaceful means possible?
National Affairs
Too dumb and too China-dependent?
Adam Triggs
22 October 2019
Criticisms of Australia’s exports misunderstand how trade and markets work
National Affairs
What is a developing country anyway?
Tim Colebatch
4 October 2019
Scott Morrison says China has graduated to the rich-countries club. The figures say something different
International
One anniversary, two cities
Hamish McDonald
2 October 2019
Protests continued in Hong Kong as Beijing celebrated seventy years of communist rule
Essays & Reportage
How Xi’s crackdown became a backlash
Richard McGregor
1 October 2019
The Chinese president is finally meeting resistance, not least among disgruntled officials
National Affairs
China, the world, and us
Tim Colebatch
20 September 2019
Has Australia tied itself too closely to a single economy?
International
Hong Kong’s spirit of struggle
Rowan Callick
14 September 2019
The protesters’ undiminished resolve is all about preserving a way of life
National Affairs
China’s postmodern experiment
Hamish McDonald
3 September 2019
Xi Jinping’s strategy has become clearer, and it needs a more sophisticated response from the West
National Affairs
Australia’s US–China dilemma
Paul Barratt
20 August 2019
With careful thought and skilful diplomacy, Australia can navigate its way through the confrontation between Washington and Beijing
International
The low road to Kashmir
Louise Merrington
19 August 2019
Do India and China have more in common than they care to admit?
International
On the brink
Kerry Brown
16 August 2019
Why all sides must take a step back in Hong Kong
National Affairs
Next up, the currency war
Adam Triggs
7 August 2019
Donald Trump’s latest complaints don’t stand up to scrutiny, but the global economy will suffer anyway
International
How Beijing sees Hong Kong
Kerry Brown
4 August 2019
The city’s economic importance has declined significantly, but China itself isn’t immune to the pressures on display
Essays & Reportage
A brush with death: in China with the Whitlams
Richard Whitington
28 July 2019
A former member of Gough Whitlam’s staff recalls a visit to Tientsin forty-three years ago
International
Two systems, one crisis
Hamish McDonald
12 July 2019
The aftermath of the backdown in Hong Kong is being closely watched in Australia and among its allies
International
Is China’s economic model really a threat?
William H. Overholt
9 July 2019
China is a late example of the “Asian miracle” rather than a taste of the future
Essays & Reportage
How mateship made way for freedom, democracy and rule of law
John Fitzgerald
5 July 2019
Australia’s diplomatic language has evolved during a period of instability and risk, but is practice following?
Books & Arts
“It’s not hard to become a political cartoonist from China, because there are only five or six of us”
Rowan Callick
7 June 2019
Profile
| A popular Australian-based Chinese artist steps out of the shadows
International
Where the Blue Pacific meets the Belt and Road
Graeme Smith
15 March 2019
Pacific islands are navigating their own route between big-power plans
International
China’s ghosts
Hamish McDonald
5 March 2019
A series of anniversaries is making the leadership anxious and exposing the country’s weaknesses
National Affairs
Is the “biggest story” getting the best coverage?
Wanning Sun
21 February 2019
Can the ABC fill some of the blind spots in its China-related reporting?
International
China’s lost opportunity
Kerry Brown
11 February 2019
Trump, Brexit and right-wing populism created an opening for Xi Jinping and his colleagues, but their fears proved too deep
International
Not the new cold war
Graeme Dobell
27 November 2018
“Hot peace” is a much better label for this period of competing powers within a single system
International
#MeToo’s subcontinental shockwaves
Kerry Brown & Marya Shakil
22 November 2018
In a tale of two countries, India is reacting but China is largely unmoved
National Affairs
Stranger than fiction
Graeme Smith
10 October 2018
Two journalist–novelists compare notes on Chinese espionage
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