This Month
- Opinion
- China relations
How China would work with Future Made in Australia
Chinese economic modernisation encompasses enormous potential for bilateral cooperation in emerging sectors such as green development and the digital economy.
- Xiao Qian
June
Risk of war with China rising fast, ex-security chief warns
Former Home Affairs Department head Mike Pezzullo wants a new defence production tsar with “superpowers” to shake up how the military acquires weapons.
- Andrew Tillett
May
Airforce on standby to evacuate Australians as French police pour into New Caledonia
Roads were blocked and the airport remained shut, stranding 3200 people, including 300 Australians, in the Pacific nation after a week of riots.
- Kirsty Needham
Australian investors snag Hong Kong bargains as share prices surge
Fund managers see opportunities, with Chinese authorities promising measures to stop a long-term outflow of money from one of Asia’s biggest sharemarkets.
- Jessica Sier
- Updated
- Aviation
Liquidators say a ‘clearly’ broke Air Vanuatu owes at least $99m
The airline had “a significant level of debt”, and employed “a high number of staff for an operation of [its] size and nature”.
- Updated
- Ayesha de Kretser
- Exclusive
- Australia's China challenge
Meet Taiwan’s ‘matchmaker’ for Australian business
As Taiwan prepares to welcome a new president and bolster economic ties with Australia, the self-ruled island’s envoy issues a warning over Chinese coercion.
- Andrew Tillett
April
Solomon Islands PM steps down after elections
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare formed close ties with China during his terms in power and said he had been vilified for it.
- Rod McGuirk
Pro-China Solomon Islands PM fails to win majority
Manasseh Sogavare has failed to win a majority in parliamentary elections, setting the stage for coalition negotiations.
- Updated
- Ben Westcott
March
Biden backs ‘secret weapon’ NRL expansion into Pacific
The White House supports the Albanese government’s efforts to strengthen rugby league in the Pacific as a key soft diplomacy tool to counter China’s influence.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
China sets growth target of 5pc despite challenges
Premier Li Qiang announced the widely anticipated target as he delivered his first ‘work report’, or annual budget, outlining key policies and economic targets.
- Updated
- Michael Smith
- Opinion
- Global economy
What Beijing does next could hasten a global recession
China has encouraged what it terms the “new three” growth areas of electric vehicles, batteries and renewable energy. But this strategy poses two huge risks for global markets.
- Karen Maley
February
This country will do anything to make a buck
In its quest for cash, the tiny island nation of Nauru has tried it all. Its latest scheme may be its riskiest bet yet.
- Christina Lu
How this tour guide pivoted when Chinese visitors stopped arriving
Sydney-based tourism operator Justin Steele once his used Mandarin skills to attract Chinese travellers with bilingual tours. He doesn’t bother anymore.
- Gus McCubbing and Michael Smith
January
- Opinion
- Opinion
India’s economic growth is displaying Chinese characteristics
The Modi model relies too much on top-down investment. As China has already discovered, India needs to fire up its consumers too.
- Andy Mukherjee
Nikkei closes above 35,000 for first time since 1990
Japanese equities extended their blistering start to 2024, rising to yet another 34-year high. The Nikkei 225 rose 1.8 per cent to 35,049.86.
- Wires
Better relations, demand for iron cushioning Australia from China woes
Improving relations between Canberra and Beijing and a strong demand for commodities will shield the economy from sluggish growth, according to a survey of 31 economists.
- Cecile Lefort
December 2023
- Opinion
- Opinion
Taiwan: A Trojan horse for Beijing?
Taiwan’s elections next month will once more focus attention on the difficulty of any future move by Beijing to absorb Taiwan.
- James Curran
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
Independent posturing outside the US alliance would endanger Australia
The more important and integral we are to American regional interests, the more likely it is that our powerful ally will come to our aid, under any administration.
- John Lee
November 2023
APEC leaders divided on Ukraine, Gaza wars
The 21 forum members went into the meetings at odds over Russia’s war in Ukraine and the Hamas-Israel war, and that is how they left them.
- David Lawder and David Brunnstrom
Yellen: Indo-Pacific trade talks need ‘further work’
A centrepiece of the Biden administration’s efforts to counter China’s rising dominance in the Pacific is advancing slowly.
- David Lawder and Ann Saphir