Can the Darwin Port’s 99-year lease to China be reversed? And what role, if...
Ninety-six years is a long time by any standard. Darwin was a different place back in 1923, a young city almost 20 years away...
How Bob Carr became China’s pawn
One of the big questions hanging over the future of Australian trade and investment with China is whether it is possible to engage more...
China used Huawei to hack network, says secret report
Secret intelligence reports given to Australian officials outlined a case in which Chinese espionage services used telecommunications giant Huawei’s staff to get access codes...
Australia’s China reset
The rest of the world is watching how we counter Beijing’s campaign of influence
It’s no secret that Professor Francis Fukuyama got it wrong in...
Labor calls for increased pressure on China over alleged mass detention of Uighur Muslims
The Labor Party has called on the Morrison Government to increase pressure on China over the reported mass detention of Uighur Muslims.
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Waning trust between Australia and China may have dire consequences, experts warn
WANING trust between Australia and China may have serious consequences if we don’t find a way to engage on the issue, an expert panel...
There is no substitute for US-Australia economic mateship, not even China
Dichotomies are intellectually seductive, making a complex world easy to navigate. Good and bad, left and right, or – as we often encounter in...
Chinese retreat from Australian property market
Chinese property buyers are turning away from Australian housing as efforts by regulators in both countries to slow investment begin to bite.
Chinese buyers, who make up about 80...
Australia’s China play wrong: US adviser
Former US Presidential advisor Dr Pippa Malmgren can't believe Australia sulks at home while our biggest trading partner builds a new world on our...
‘Human error’ blamed for shock China beef ban
Meat industry leaders remain hopeful of a quick resolution to a shock temporary ban on exports to China from six Australian meatworks.
The suspensions sent trade...
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Crown 19 set to plead guilty in Chinese court
Crown Resorts staff including executive Jason O'Connor are expected to plead guilty when their court case is heard on Monday in Baoshan District Court, outside...
Attributing the hack on Australia’s parliament will give clarity to the China relationship
National security agencies are both cautious and forensic in their work on the attribution of cyber intrusions. This is about technical and operational integrity, as well as about ensuring they get the advice to Australia’s political leaders right.
Our economic destiny is China, not America
Ask the average Australian whether China or the US is the country's most important economic partner and you'll likely get a bewildered look –...
China hungry for Rio’s coal as crisis looms: Yancoal
The Chinese company in a bidding war with Glencore for Rio Tinto’s Australian thermal coal assets is looking to Australia to solve what its...
Austrade China mission targets flight-training demand
Australia’s aviation training providers are trying to steal a march on rivals from the US and other nations in tapping China’s aviation boom.
The Australian...
From the kitchen table to a $35 million business: Bubs Australia
IT ALL started in a suburban kitchen on Sydney’s northern beaches.
At home on maternity leave from her role as a high-flying marketing executive, local...
Ansell sheds its condom business in $800m deal with China
One of the great and enduring success stories of Australian manufacturing, the Ansell condom business, has been sold to Chinese interests for $800 million.
Australia must be China-ready to capitalise on its unique tourism, Deloitte report says
They are cashed-up millennials in their late 20s and early 30s, they are social media savvy and are looking for distinctly Australian sights and...
Crown Resorts staff face up to a decade in jail as their trial begins...
FOUR Australians are among 19 staff and associates of Crown Resorts who each face a maximum of 10 years in jail in a closed courtroom trial on the outskirts of Shanghai tomorrow
China giant in the ring for Lendlease villages
Lendlease has $1.7 billion invested across 71 villages and in its annual result on Monday said it was "exploring the potential introduction of capital partners".
Gina Rinehart ‘confident’ of winning Chinese approval for live-cattle exports: Hancock Prospecting
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart's company is confident it is only months away from winning Chinese Government approval to start exporting cattle to China.
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Jetstar returns to Australia-China market with new Zhengzhou service
Jetstar plans to resume nonstop services between Australia and China with twice weekly flights to Zhengzhou in partnership with a Chinese travel company.
The flights...
