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International Kerry Brown 30 October 2014 Taiwan’s binary politics is being disrupted by a third force, writes Kerry Brown, and Beijing is watching closely
Essays & reportage Billy Griffiths 22 October 2014 Gough Whitlam’s visit to China in 1971 was a turning point in relations between the two countries. But luck also played a part in this audacious mission International Kerry Brown 6 October 2014 Whatever the outcome of the current battle, Hong Kong’s protesters have the advantage in the longer-term war for rights and freedoms, writes Kerry Brown Duncan Hewitt 3 October 2014 China’s hardening response to protesters could radicalise a whole generation, reports Duncan Hewitt in Hong Kong International Kerry Brown 1 September 2014 Caught between China and Russia, Mongolia is trying to exploit economic opportunities without losing sovereignty, reports Kerry Brown
Books & arts Graeme Dobell 25 July 2014 A contest is under way, writes Graeme Dobell, but it will be more like a nineteenth-century battle than a twentieth-century clash
International Kerry Brown 18 July 2014 A controversial new biography of Xi Jinping fundamentally misunderstands the nature of China’s leadership, argues Kerry Brown International Nicholas Farrelly 3 July 2014 Myanmar is in the thick of the Asian century, writes Nicholas Farrelly International Kerry Brown 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 Kerry Brown 23 June 2014 China’s head of ideology relies heavily on appeals to the country’s historical greatness, writes Kerry Brown
International Kerry Brown 19 May 2014 China’s regional muscle-flexing reflects its feeling that it faces significant geographical and symbolic constraints, writes Kerry Brown
International Kerry Brown 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 Kerry Brown 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 James Leibold 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 Kate Bagnall 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
Duncan Hewitt 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 Kerry Brown 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 John Fitzgerald 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… James Leibold 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 Kerry Brown 27 August 2013 Widely watched and highly profitable, Chinese Central TV is also in many ways dysfunctional, writes Kerry Brown
James Leibold 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
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 Kerry Brown 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 James Leibold 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 Duncan Hewitt 28 April 2013 Duncan Hewitt reviews two witty new books about China’s faultlines and prospects
James Leibold 22 April 2013 There’s a paradox at the heart of Xi Jinping’s new political maxim, writes James Leibold in Beijing
International Andy Butfoy 5 April 2013 Despite the cuts, the United States will remain the world’s military giant for the foreseeable future, writes Andy Butfoy James Leibold 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 Kerry Brown 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 Antonia Finnane 6 December 2012 Antonia Finnane on art and the military in China