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Books & Arts
Reinventing China
Kerry Brown
20 November 2020
Books
| In the desire to change China do we risk rewriting its history?
National Affairs
Winging it to Japan
Hamish McDonald
18 November 2020
A new defence agreement with Japan raises as many questions as it answers
Books & Arts
Good war, long war, whose war?
Antonia Finnane
9 November 2020
Books
| China is reshaping how its citizens view the second world war
International
Sabres rattling in Beijing
Hamish McDonald
27 October 2020
With the Taiwan dilemma deepening, Australia might be forced to take a stand
National Affairs
Cut trade with China? It’s not that easy
Adam Triggs
27 October 2020
Treat with care the claims that Australia can readily diversify its trade and investment
National Affairs
Senator Abetz’s loyalty test
Yun Jiang
20 October 2020
Chinese Australians are being singled out by overwrought politicians
Essays & Reportage
Australia–China relations and the Trump factor
John Fitzgerald
14 October 2020
Australia was pursuing an independent approach well before the US president upended the strategic order
National Affairs
Left in the lurch by Xi Jinping?
John Quiggin
6 October 2020
Australia’s coal enthusiasts pinned their hopes on Chinese purchases that are looking increasingly unlikely
International
Another front in Beijing’s war against difference
Kerry Brown
29 September 2020
Amid an economic boom, protests in Inner Mongolia reflect wider tensions
National Affairs
Mission accomplished?
Michael Bartos
25 August 2020
Behind the growing Covid-19 optimism is worrying political and geopolitical manoeuvring
Essays & Reportage
Is time running out for the Chinese economy?
Saul Eslake
17 August 2020
The figures show that Xi Jinping presides over a system that’s more resilient than its critics acknowledge
Correspondents
Hong Kong’s ever-adaptable dissenters
Antony Dapiran
14 August 2020
The city’s protesters are using unconventional methods to navigate a legal minefield
Essays & Reportage
His country, weak or strong
Hamish McDonald
3 August 2020
It’s the question confounding observers: is China lashing out from a sense of weakness or strength?
International
PNG’s peril is Beijing’s chance
Rowan Callick
16 July 2020
Are economic troubles edging Papua New Guinea closer to China?
Correspondents
Hong Kong’s second handover
Antony Dapiran
9 July 2020
China’s new security law makes life near impossible for the territory’s pan-democrats
National Affairs
Raising the price of war
Adam Triggs
6 July 2020
The government should focus less on war preparation and more on war prevention
Books & Arts
In plain sight
Hamish McDonald
24 June 2020
Books
| Is Beijing really waging a successful war against the West?
International
Beijing buffeted
Rowan Callick
27 May 2020
A key speech reveals worries on many fronts for China’s leaders
National Affairs
Asia illiteracy
Edward Aspinall
27 May 2020
A national institution’s inward turn comes at a strange time
National Affairs
Journalists on the ramparts
Hamish McDonald
20 May 2020
Has the press gallery forgotten we’re not at war with China?
Essays & Reportage
Which side are you on?
Michael Bartos
18 May 2020
Is the Trump administration using the pandemic to reorder the international landscape?
International
Borrowed place, borrowed time?
Hamish McDonald
13 May 2020
Hong Kong seems to be heading into a long summer of trials, protests and electoral disqualifications
International
Geopolitics meets pandemic in the Pacific
Nic Maclellan
6 May 2020
As Pacific island nations reel from Cyclone Harold and the coronavirus, US–China tensions are complicating the path to recovery
International
Why the attacks on the WHO are a dangerous diversion
Michael Bartos
16 April 2020
On the evidence, the World Health Organization will come out of this crisis better than its most vocal critics
International
Sweeping graves
Antonia Finnane
7 April 2020
The how, and the how many, of mourning the dead in China
International
Elephants in the room
Rowan Callick
30 March 2020
Xi Jinping and Donald Trump have turned the coronavirus into a test of their governing styles
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
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