China warning: Joyce calls on MPs to prepare for end of Pax Americana
The new Deputy PM urged Coalition MPs to unite behind making Australia “as strong as possible as quickly as possible” when it could not rely on the US to guarantee […]
Tag: china
Bitcoin forms ‘death cross’ as selloff shows no sign of reprieve
After a slew of news related to renewed crackdowns from China triggered a bitcoin selloff, chartists and analysts are turning to a sinister-sounding technical signal.
The contradiction at the heart of China’s rise
We need to understand what Isaiah Berlin called “the most important, most inhuman and still the most imperfectly understood phenomenon of our times”.
China risks isolation over probe into coronavirus origin, Joe Biden aide says
China has rejected the theory that the virus originated in a lab in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the first cases were reported.
Taiwanese staff leave Hong Kong over ‘one China’ demand
Officials said the Hong Kong government has demanded staff sign a letter supporting Beijing’s claim to Taiwan.
UN General Assembly condemns Myanmar coup, calls for arms embargo
In a rare move, the United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly for an arms embargo against Myanmar’s junta, although China and India abstained.
Green frenzy risks handing mining riches to China
The balance of power has shifted to climate activists and could lead to Western mining companies missing out on some of the bonanza from the commodities supercycle.
Australians want nation to ‘stick to its values’ in China dealings
Survey suggests a majority of Australians believe the country should call out Beijing over its approach to Hong Kong and Taiwan, retaliate against Chinese trade sanctions and speak out on […]
Ban Xinjiang cotton and other slave labour products, Senate committee urges
The Victorian purchase of trains including products linked to the exploited Uighur minority in China would face barriers under the bipartisan proposals.
Helen Clark slams WHO for opposing China travel bans, jury out on lab leak
Countries that did nothing about travel early on made the pandemic impossible to stop, former NZ PM and the investigation into the virus said.
Pushing back against China will take global effort ‘not seen for many decades’: Morrison
In an address to the OEDC, the Prime Minister warned rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific were a threat to the financial prosperity of other nations.
G7 shows Australia is not alone in dealing with China
The tone was not as strident as some hawks would like but the G7 meeting in Britain was a good start in building a more united front.
NATO leaders call out China for ‘coercive policies’
NATO has traditionally focussed on the threat of Russia, but is increasingly concerned about China’s nuclear arsenal and lack of transparency.
Democracy on the defensive as G7 leaders dither over China
Democracies may have found their voices at last, but they remain on the defensive. Xi Jinping is rampant and unrepentant.
China’s ‘happy places’ leave ethnic peoples living in fear
Evidence is mounting that Xinjiang detainees – after being subjected to physical torture and political indoctrination in re-education camps – are being forced to work in factories producing goods for […]
G7 offers rebuke to China over Beijing’s economic coercion campaign against Australia
US President Joe Biden also says Beijing must “act more responsibly in terms of international norms, human rights and transparency”.
‘Don’t have to become like them’: Singapore advises Australia to work with China
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has offered his view on how to handle relations with the rising superpower after a meeting with Scott Morrison on Thursday.
Japan had to confront its own past to take on China
Tokyo’s patience with China – as demonstrated by its strong backing of Australia – is wearing thin despite centuries of shared culture, trade and war.
‘Not complicated’: Dutton says China will never share deep military ties with Australia
The Defence Minister also warned the military build-up in the Indo-Pacific region meant the prospect of war was less remote than in the past and Australia must be prepared for […]
Australia ‘must act’ to halt Indonesia falling under China’s sway
While high-ranking politicians from the US, UK and Asia have visited Indonesia in the last year, Australia hasn’t sent anyone – but China is strengthening links.
Biden administration plans to share 500m Pfizer vaccines with world
As well as preventing severe illness and death around the globe, the plan would allow the US to pull ahead of China in the “vaccine diplomacy” contest.
China returns to its strict COVID limits to fight a new outbreak
The city of Guangzhou tested practically its entire population of 18.7 million over three days following an outbreak of the Delta variant.
Japan backs Australia against China’s economic coercion
The move sandwiches China between the world’s first and third-largest economies after the US said it would not leave Australia to face Beijing alone.
Australia, we do need to talk about Taiwan
That this is the third time Morrison has been invited to the G7 stands as a testament that Australia’s warnings on China are being heard.
Scott Morrison asks global allies to defend freedom over autocracy, warning of competition with China
G7 leaders are planning an ambitious pledge on climate change but the Prime Minister will stand apart from other advanced economies by not going any further on Australia’s existing commitments.
A WHO investigator’s take on why virus lab-leak theory is flawed
Australian investigator Professor Dominic Dwyer says China appeared open and co-operative when international investigators visited in January.
New deal sets scene for Australia, China to squabble over who gets to tax big miners
The G7 agreement puts Australia’s claim to tax the profits of BHP and Rio in play.
Australia takes China to task for secret trials, but one could be happening here right now
Secret trials are the hallmark of authoritarian regimes yet Witness J was tried in complete secrecy in Canberra.
US promises vaccines for Taiwan amid China row
The US will give Taiwan 750,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, part of President Joe Biden’s move to share tens of millions of jabs globally, three American senators said on Sunday, […]
Trump emerges from seclusion to denounce Fauci, China and dangle 2024 rerun
Trump joined a chorus of Republican politicians who are criticising Fauci for asking Americans to wear masks to guard against the virus.