Japan and Australia together must induce the US to face the reality of what it is asking. (more…)
Category: China
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Will Albanese and Xi “cooperate” to acquire “common ground” in the fullness of time?
China policy and related diplomacy has recently made important progress based on the postponed resolution of apparently hard differences, but how long can the “reservation” of difficulty delay the explicit correction of the separation of economy and security? (more…)
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Trump’s negotiation position diminishes as Albo sits him out
Anthony Albanese’s visit to China has exceeded everyone’s expectations, including mine, and arms him with extra weapons and arguments for when he meets President Donald Trump and United States officials, whenever that is to be. One can expect that Americans, and the advocates on The Australian will accuse him of weakening perceptions that Australia is firmly in the western camp. But he studiously said and did nothing that he has not said and done before, and one would have to parse each statement carefully to see evidence of any shift away from America, let alone movement towards the Chinese camp. (more…)
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How deals are trumping port dispute on Australian PM Albanese’s China visit
Source says the two sides have decided to step back from Darwin Port controversy amid trade tensions with US. (more…)
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Common interests the basis for stronger China-Australia relations
Neither a port controversy nor any third-party interference cast a shadow over the trade and business focus of Albanese’s trip to China. (more…)
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Round up the usual Chinese suspects
It’s a big week for headlines – and an even bigger week for fear. With Prime Minister Albanese landing in China, our media wasted no time rounding up their usual suspects. (more…)
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Headline news: Australia and China
The People’s Daily of 16 July featured the meeting between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in top position on page one. (more…)
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Navigating a bipolar world
The US might yet save us from ourselves by adding conditions to the nuclear submarine agreement that no Australian Government could accept. (more…)
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The geopolitical context of Albanese’s China visit
Prime Minister Albanese and I have a few things in common. We were both born on 2 March and we have both been in car accidents, and as I write this, we are both in the People’s Republic of China. (more…)
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Albanese can afford to ignore noises and focus on delivering goods for voters
Although few can fault the prime minister for trying to generate more imports and exports with our biggest trading partner, everyone — ranging from an obscure Chinese social media influencer wannabe to Australian opposition luminaries such as Barnaby Joyce — has an opinion about the visit, and everyone seems to be ready to offer the prime minister a wealth of warnings and free advice. (more…)
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Australia needs to recognise the rationale for a US-China war has changed
Up until the Trump era, it was understood that the United States might go to war with China to in order to defend democracy in Taiwan. (more…)
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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. (more…)
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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. (more…)
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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. (more…)
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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. (more…)
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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. (more…)
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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. (more…)
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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. (more…)
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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. (more…)
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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. (more…)
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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. (more…)
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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. (more…)
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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. (more…)
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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. (more…)
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Australia’s defence and intelligence agencies are US outposts
More than ever, Australia should have the objective capacity to determine its own defence and intelligence requirements, instead of being heavily influenced by American interests and perspective. (more…)
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China is increasingly present in US Latin American backyard
From the time when US President James Monroe announced what has become known as the Monroe Doctrine in 1823, warning European states to stay out of the hemisphere, the US has considered Latin America to be its backyard. (more…)
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Prefab collaboration between Australia and China could help tackle housing shortages
Imagine a “Lego city,” swiftly assembled yet unshakeably strong, its steel modules secured to solid foundations and reinforced with seismic bracing, expertly engineered for both speed and strength. (more…)
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The cultural and linguistic roots of protest in China
In 1760, the newly established Qing Dynasty was looking to expand Chinese territory by claiming the region of Xinjiang. Many Chinese intellectuals and scholars opposed this. (more…)
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Observations from Xinjiang
Having been fortunate enough to have made three separate trips to Xinjiang over 15 years, I believe some observations may be of interest to P&I readers.
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AI and robotics expected to play a big role in China’s next 5-year plan
China is likely to leverage advanced technology to boost manufacturing, achieving self-sufficiency while becoming an indispensable exporter. (more…)