Last week, a friend asked if I was worried about Chinese “nuclear threats”. (more…)
Category: China
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Taiwan as an integral part of China: A historical, legal and geopolitical analysis
The status of Taiwan remains one of the most contested topics in modern geopolitics and one of the most misrepresented. (more…)
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Continuation in China’s five-year planning
The outline of China’s 15th five-year plan was released last week. Often the objectives of a new five-year plan are a disruptive departure from the previous five-year plan. They set new directions. (more…)
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Trump’s rare earths deal to counter China was a badly needed ‘Sputnik moment’
The other day US President Donald Trump said: “With a communist in charge? Look, you just go back a thousand years, it’s been done many times, a thousand years, it’s never worked once.” (more…)
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As Nobel laureates show, the US can’t take tech lead over China for granted
It’s hard to tell who will ultimately win the tech race, but this year’s Nobel economics prize gives us some clues. (more…)
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Trump, Xi and the ‘green paradox’: How China is building a climate-proof future
Ambitious transformation of the country’s energy consumption and urban planning makes economic sense too, analysts say. (more…)
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To avert war, the West must shatter the mirror by which it views China
The concept of the Thucydides Trap, predicting conflict between China and the US, projects the West’s conquest-driven history onto Chinese civilisation. (more…)
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China’s FDI, not the BRI, drives a global green transition
Over the past few years, outward Chinese foreign direct investment commitments in green manufacturing have grown rapidly and now dwarf the Marshall Plan in their scale. (more…)
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After decades of struggle, women in China are rewriting their future
The quiet revolution towards upholding women’s rights in China isn’t just about slogans, but involves the hard work of families, educators and policymakers. (more…)
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The West’s crucial strategic failures
“The Earth is littered with the ruins of empires that once believed they were eternal.” Camille Paglia. (more…)
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Lack of China capability can only do harm to society: Our current situation is a disgrace
In March 2023, the Australian Academy of the Humanities sounded the alarm on the decline in our understanding and knowledge of China through a report on “Australia’s China Knowledge Capability”. (more…)
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How anti-China witch hunts in Canada and the UK ruin lives
Security services such as London’s MI5 and Ottawa’s RCMP appear to be going after individuals and organisations out of pure antagonism and distrust against Beijing rather than having actual evidence. (more…)
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Almost no Australians study Chinese any more. That’s a problem
Fewer than five Australians per year are graduating from honours programs in Chinese studies with language, raising fears the nation is losing the expertise needed to navigate its most complex foreign relationship. (more…)
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A masterclass in agency: What Singapore can teach Australia about China
Singapore’s new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong sat down with the ABC on 2 October and offered something rare in Australia’s China debate: clarity, confidence, and a middle-power strategy that doesn’t involve shouting or submission. (more…)
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South Korea’s anti-China protests
This week, South Korean authorities expressed concern regarding the potential impact of anti-China protests during APEC. (more…)
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Nation’s innovation surge continues a long tradition
Many in the West mistakenly think that China lacks innovation, but this view is outdated. (more…)
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China’s youth: Between collectivism and the new individualism
On a recent trip through China, I was struck by the contrast between its classrooms and its city streets. (more…)
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We killed our car industry and now we’re drafted to fight against Chinese EVs (again?)
The call is getting louder and louder: Australia needs to join allies in restricting Chinese electric vehicles. (more…)
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Trump says climate change is a hoax. Are we in safer hands with the ‘commos’?
When you hear that malevolent old fool Donald Trump tell the United Nations that climate change is “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world”, it’s hard to resist throwing up your arms in despair. If mighty America won’t set a good example, what hope is there for the rest of us? (more…)
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China is likely to surpass its new emissions target. Australia should emulate its energy plan
In an address to the UN General Assembly last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced China’s target to reduce carbon emissions by 7-10% from their peak by 2035, with the goal of achieving even higher levels. (more…)
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Liveable cities of China
No Chinese city appears on the annual lists of the most liveable cities in the world. Is this due to ignorance or to a pervasive anti-China bias?
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Revitalising the UN’s foundations
The United Nations grew out of the global co-operation which defeated fascism. It was conceived as a multilateral organisation to deliver a global rules-based order. (more…)
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Why the planet now needs China
The World Bank’s Reboot Development report has belatedly confirmed what scientists have warned for decades: humanity is breaching the safe operating limits of the Earth. (more…)
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Confucius Institute decline signals China’s soft power shift
While Chinese soft power is thriving in the so-called “Global South”, it is waning elsewhere. (more…)
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The rise of China and learning the correct lessons from history
Given that the only certainty in international affairs these days is uncertainty, we should probably be circumspect about projecting how the world might look decades down the track — let alone how our current moment might be portrayed in the rearview mirror of history. (more…)
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China’s giant military parade didn’t surprise just the West
China’s recent display of its newly acquired military might surprised not only international observers, but also its own seasoned diplomats. (more…)
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Climate change, not China, is the real threat in the South Pacific
Countries of the South Pacific have good reason to encourage China and other countries to assist them with infrastructure. And there is nothing that Australia should, or could, do about it. (more…)
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A nation of narcissists
Narcissism is the open-and-shut condition of the elites who fashion and execute American foreign policy. And they are utterly incapable of seeing their country as it is. (more…)
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If we want to win the Pacific, we must first listen – and stop blaming China for everything
A 9 September editorial in The Sydney Morning Herald, titled China and Australia in a high-speed race to win control of the Pacific, offered a vivid picture of the daily contest for influence in the region. (more…)
