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China
International
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?
International
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
International
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?
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