Albanese’s visit to China is a moment for statesmanship
Membership of the Chinese Communist Party has just exceeded 100 million. It has long been the largest political party in world history.
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12 July 2025
Albanese’s China mission – managing a complex relationship in a world of shifting alliances
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese leaves for China on Saturday, confident most Australians back the government’s handling of relations with our most important economic partner and the leading strategic power in Asia.
12 July 2025
US, China and Australia – an open letter to the PM
Dear PM Albanese, on Monday 30 June, the Chinese Ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian, had a letter published in The Australian entitled China and Australia are friends, not foes. This should never have been in question. It’s best to read the full version on China’s Embassy website.
11 July 2025
Every day is a bad day to visit China, apparently
Meeting the Chinese president is apparently now treason. At least, that's what you'd think if you followed some of our media's coverage of Anthony Albanese's latest diplomatic sin: talking to Beijing.
9 July 2025
Trump’s budget and the 21st century great divergence
Donald Trump’s recently passed budget has the capacity to lay the foundation for a widening gap between the world's two largest economies, the United States and China, and make China as great, comparatively, as it was before the industrial revolution.
8 July 2025
China and renewable energy: The global impact
China’s renewable energy program is not a local curiosity. It marks a turning point in history with profound consequences for the rest of the globe.
4 July 2025
China’s rapid adoption of AI demands greater scrutiny of the social impact
In contrast to the perception that Beijing has placed a lot of guardrails on AI, China’s AI regulation so far has been limited.
30 June 2025
China is taking Silicon Valley’s market ‘hacks’ to a whole new level
From blitzscaling to leveraging network effects, China is using the same methods to dominate supply chain and disrupt markets.
28 June 2025
No time to dye: ABC’s China bias is licensed to kill credibility
The ABC has long held a reputation as Australia’s sober, publicly-funded bulwark against tabloid sensationalism – the broadcaster you turn to when you want analysis, not alarmism.
28 June 2025
China’s partnership with Muslim world is redrawing global landscape
Once seen as unlikely partners, this axis is now grounded in respect, sovereignty and a shared aspiration for a post-Western world order.
22 June 2025
Aboriginal-Chinese roots of reconciliation: China’s first cultural envoys in Australia
As Australia marked Reconciliation Week (27 May – 3 June ), a landmark exhibition at the National Museum of Australia reminds us that Indigenous–Chinese bonds helped forge the links between the two peoples long before Canberra and Beijing formalised diplomacy in 1972.
21 June 2025
News Corp’s China obsession: why beating the drum is easier than thinking
Introducing our new columnist Fred Zhang, who brings you his take on the way the Australian media reports and/or mis- and under- reports on China.
20 June 2025
People of Pacific Rim say 'no' to US-China war
The Pacific and Pacific Rim countries have a geographical commonality. They are encircled by, or have a border with, the vast, blue, peaceful Pacific Ocean.
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