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International
“Offensive, defensive, everything”
Andy Butfoy
9 March 2017
Character and content can be hard to disentangle in assessing Donald Trump’s international security policies
International
We must all be China-watchers now
Kerry Brown
8 March 2017
With the West in flux, China’s nineteenth party congress will be closely observed
Correspondents
Healing Hong Kong’s political divisions – not as easy as ABC?
Duncan Hewitt
21 February 2017
Updated 28 February
| Candidates for next month’s election of a new chief executive are coming up against a more radical generation
International
Handing the initiative to China
John Fitzgerald
19 January 2017
Donald Trump undermines the global rules-based order at America’s own peril, and Australia risks being caught in the backwash
National Affairs
Taking xenophobia out of the political donation debate
Joo-Cheong Tham & Malcolm Anderson
20 October 2016
The controversy over foreign political donations can easily be coloured by prejudice. The vital first step is to define what we mean by “foreign”
Essays & Reportage
Beijing’s guoqing versus Australia’s way of life
John Fitzgerald
27 September 2016
Beijing’s role in the Chinese community media in Australia is increasingly in conflict with its own demand for respect
Books & Arts
Whose utopia?
Madeleine O’Dea
22 September 2016
Fascinated by cities, Chinese artist and documentary-maker Cao Fei constantly returns to urban landscapes
International
A strong leader encounters stormy waters
Kerry Brown
24 August 2016
If China won’t compromise over the South China Sea, it risks becoming damagingly isolated, writes
Kerry Brown
International
Was the ABC shanghaied by Beijing?
John Fitzgerald
18 April 2016
China needs no help in silencing its critics at home and abroad. So how did Australia come to be part of the problem, asks
John Fitzgerald
National Affairs
Keeping the sea lanes open: a cost–benefit analysis
John Quiggin
17 March 2016
Defence and economics mix in ways that aren’t considered by military strategists, writes
John Quiggin
International
Xi and Modi: parallel autocrats?
Kerry Brown & Marya Shakil
4 March 2016
Is the world big enough for both of them, ask
Kerry Brown
and
Marya Shakil
International
Learning curves
Kerry Brown
28 November 2015
Chinese investment’s image problem is fuelling an overreaction in Australia and elsewhere, writes
Kerry Brown
International
Engineers of human souls
Linda Jaivin
5 November 2015
Xi Jinping has made clear the Party’s views about the role of artists, writes
Linda Jaivin
. But it’s unclear what they will mean in practice
Books & Arts
Restless continents throbbing and surging
Graeme Dobell
20 October 2015
Books
| Even if the Asian century is peaceful that doesn’t mean it will be harmonious, writes
Graeme Dobell
International
Company town
Kerry Brown
6 October 2015
Unrest in Hong Kong is as much about poor management of urban challenges as it is about democracy, writes
Kerry Brown
Correspondents
Beijing’s anti-corruption drive: pro-business with Chinese characteristics
Kerry Brown
23 September 2015
Xi Jinping’s attack on corruption has an important economic goal, writes
Kerry Brown
in Chengdu
Books & Arts
China’s continental dreams
Graeme Smith
18 September 2015
Books
|
Graeme Smith
compares Howard French’s vivid account of China in Africa with his own research among Chinese migrants in the Pacific
International
China, the unsteady skyscraper
Tim Colebatch
25 August 2015
An aversion to reform is not unique to democracies, writes
Tim Colebatch
. It’s getting in the way of China’s efforts to adjust to a new economic reality
International
Hong Kong’s disrupted narrative
Kerry Brown
25 August 2015
Hong Kong is testing the limits of a hybrid system tailored to the needs of Mainland China, writes
Kerry Brown
. And the results will be closely watched in the West
Books & Arts
The Qing is dead! Long live the Qing!
John Fitzgerald
11 August 2015
Books
| Political philosopher Daniel A. Bell wants us to see China as a meritocracy-in-progress, writes
John Fitzgerald
. But is he really defending autocracy?
International
Thinking bigger
Kerry Brown
14 July 2015
A small country? Australia is underselling itself in its dealings with the United States and China, argues
Kerry Brown
National Affairs
China already number one, says the IMF
Tim Colebatch
10 July 2015
China, Indonesia and other countries in the region come out of the IMF’s latest analysis looking quite a lot bigger, writes
Tim Colebatch
in the first of…
International
Power envy
Kerry Brown
15 June 2015
China is still working from a position of weakness, writes
Kerry Brown
. But it’s planning for a different kind of power
International
Green light for China’s Silk Road
Kerry Brown
19 May 2015
China is looking to its west for trade in goods, services and ideas, writes
Kerry Brown
, and cities like Xi’an could become the new Shanghais
International
Pleasing the emperor
Kerry Brown
8 April 2015
China is beginning to recognise that a complex economy demands nuanced policies, writes
Kerry Brown
. But the shift could be rocky
International
Fifty shades of power
Kerry Brown
13 March 2015
Xi Jinping’s immense power is looking for a focus, writes
Kerry Brown
. That provides opportunities for China’s neighbours and the rest of the world
Books & Arts
A fight or a feed? Making progressive politics in schooling
Dean Ashenden
12 February 2015
Books
| An American polemic about Chinese schools and OECD league tables exposes problems closer to home, argues
Dean Ashenden
International
Getting a seat at the big table
Kerry Brown
3 February 2015
Although China and the United States can seem absorbed in themselves and one another, countries like Australia can still contribute to the conversation, writes
Kerry Brown
International
Watching House of Cards in Beijing
Kerry Brown
8 January 2015
The ruthless political system portrayed in the hit TV series has striking resonances in China’s centres of power, writes
Kerry Brown
Correspondents
A city divided
Duncan Hewitt
22 December 2014
The sense of a new political awareness was tangible in the last days of the Hong Kong protest, writes
Duncan Hewitt
. The challenge will be find a way forward without…
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