International
1 July 2014
After a rocky transition to a new set of leaders, China faces an uncertain future, writes Kerry Brown in this extract from his new book
International
23 June 2014
China’s head of ideology relies heavily on appeals to the country’s historical greatness, writes Kerry Brown
International
19 May 2014
China’s regional muscle-flexing reflects its feeling that it faces significant geographical and symbolic constraints, writes Kerry Brown
International
16 April 2014
A weak North Korea might suit Beijing for the moment, writes Kerry Brown, but the longer-term problems facing the creaking communist regime aren’t going away
International
18 March 2014
China’s reaction to the disappearance of flight MH370 reflects a feeling that the world is a threatening place, writes Kerry Brown
11 March 2014
The violence in Kunming shows how China’s ethnic policies conflict with Xi Jinping’s reform plans, writes James Leibold in Beijing
Books & arts
24 January 2014
Chinese-Australian community leaders created a new perception of the Chinese in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, writes Kate Bagnall
13 December 2013
Beijing is cracking down on media and internet dissent, writes Duncan Hewitt. Corrupt local authorities are likely to be among the beneficiaries
International
20 November 2013
Markets and urbanisation are key themes to emerge from the central committee plenum in Beijing, writes Kerry Brown. And then there’s the question of political reform…
International
31 October 2013
China’s approach to science research could advance the country’s strategic objectives while doing little to advance science, writes John Fitzgerald. This…
2 October 2013
The contrast with Kevin Rudd couldn’t be starker, yet the Anglophile PM might have a certain edge, writes James Leibold in Beijing
Books & arts
27 August 2013
Widely watched and highly profitable, Chinese Central TV is also in many ways dysfunctional, writes Kerry Brown
25 August 2013
Four hundred million people have downloaded WeChat, a quarter of them outside China. And the figures are growing daily, reports James Leibold
4 July 2013
A high-tech system of social control is being superimposed on China’s network of urban neighbourhoods, writes James Leibold in Beijing
International
29 May 2013
The new Chinese premier has been wrestling with China’s economic future since the global financial crisis took its toll, writes Kerry Brown
23 May 2013
“Stability maintenance” is translating into greater surveillance, but the Chinese government’s response to ethnic frictions looks to be unsustainable, writes…
Books & arts
28 April 2013
Duncan Hewitt reviews two witty new books about China’s faultlines and prospects
22 April 2013
There’s a paradox at the heart of Xi Jinping’s new political maxim, writes James Leibold in Beijing
International
5 April 2013
Despite the cuts, the United States will remain the world’s military giant for the foreseeable future, writes Andy Butfoy
13 March 2013
There’s austerity in the air as China’s parliament meets, but has anything else changed, asks James Leibold in Beijing
Books & arts
13 February 2013
China is changing fast but its greatest challenges remain the same. And at the centre is the blackest of black boxes, writes Kerry Brown
6 December 2012
Antonia Finnane on art and the military in China
International
19 November 2012
There are plenty of full heads of hair in the new Politburo, but few of them are women’s, reports Antonia Finnane
2 November 2012
On the eve of China’s eighteenth party congress, life in Beijing is changing in increasingly obvious ways, writes Antonia Finnane
17 October 2012
The latest biography of Liang Qichao reveals a man of his times with a new significance for present-day China, writes Antonia Finnane in Beijing
Books & arts
4 October 2012
A new book offers a tentative view of the largely uncharted terrain of public opinion in China, writes Kerry Brown
Books & arts
1 October 2012
The forty years since Australia established relations with China have been about a lot more than trade and defence, writes Antonia Finnane
25 September 2012
An influential Chinese intellectual is arguing that only a freer and more diverse media can rebuild the credibility of government, reports Duncan Hewitt in Shanghai
Books & arts
14 August 2012
Hugh White offers a provocative but not entirely persuasive account of the implications of China’s growing strength, writes Geoffrey Barker
8 June 2012
Official China is ambivalent about Mao’s legacy, writes Duncan Hewitt in Shanghai