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Essays & Reportage China and Australia’s fifth icy age Graeme Dobell 10 May 2018 Relations have been cool before, and will be cool again — though domestic issues are complicating the picture International One Malaysia, two Chinas Amrita Malhi 29 April 2018 Asia’s giant is playing an outsized role in Malaysia’s election campaign International Domestic disharmony Kerry Brown & Marya Shakil 23 April 2018 India’s Narendra Modi visits China this week as the two countries continue to grapple with internal challenges National Affairs In Vanuatu, it’s he says, Xi says Graeme Smith 13 April 2018 And the truth about China’s intentions probably lies somewhere between

Essays & Reportage The undiplomatic diplomat Alan Fewster 8 February 2018 Extract | Posted to Chungking in 1941, Keith Waller found his allies almost as challenging as the enemy International The return of Wang Qishan Kerry Brown 6 February 2018 Despite his age, the former anti-corruption chief looks like returning to a key position in the Chinese leadership Correspondents China’s big-city dreamers Duncan Hewitt 30 January 2018 Urban life is still a fragile aspiration for millions of rural migrants National Affairs Duchesses and overlords Graeme Smith 18 January 2018 Concetta Fierravanti-Wells and Maurice Newman share a deep suspicion of China’s intentions in the Pacific. But the reality doesn’t match their claims

International Managing the Hermit Kingdom Jingdong Yuan 7 September 2017 Beijing’s response to North Korea is constrained by its own security concerns International Herding (paper) cats Antonia Finnane 5 September 2017 China’s conundrum in the Asia-Pacific creates an opportunity for Australia International The man to watch in China’s transitional year Kerry Brown 25 August 2017 In the run-up to the 19th Party Congress, all eyes are on Wang Qishan, the public face of China’s anti-corruption drive Essays & Reportage Human dignity and its enemies John Fitzgerald 16 August 2017 Liu Xiaobo’s message from prison to the West