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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

National affairs Forty years on, a sense of history gives way to alarm Tim Colebatch 23 July 2018 Experts gathered in Canberra last week to pool their views about China’s forty-year record of economic reform, but Donald Trump’s trade war pushed its way to centrestage Books & arts On the wrong side of history Graeme Smith 26 June 2018 Books | Journalist Scott Tong has unearthed an alternative history of China’s twentieth century National affairs Underestimating China Tim Colebatch 7 June 2018 Let’s clear up any confusion about the size of the Chinese economy 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 Beijing’s black box Kerry Brown 9 March 2018 Decision-making among the Chinese elite is as hard to read as it’s ever been, and the uncertainty extends to the character of the president himself Books & arts Up to a point, Professor Hamilton Frank Bongiorno 8 March 2018 Books | Has Clive Hamilton written what one critic called a “McCarthyist manifesto”? Books & arts Asia’s rise: the rules and the rulers Graeme Dobell 15 February 2018 Review essay | As the regional balance continues to shift, resolving the tension between history and geography is becoming more urgent for Australia 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