Treading a fine line between voicing concerns and building bridges with China
Even a cursory reading reveals a number of noteworthy aspects of the newly released White Paper. First, compared with the previous two white papers on… Read More
Region | China and Northeast Asia
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Australia’s search for a China policy
IAN HALL | The Sydney Morning Herald journalist Peter Hartcher recently opined that for all Donald J. Trump’s manifest faults, the President has done one good… Read More
Wang Huning: China’s antidote to strongman politics
In international politics, the concept of “soft power” is already well known. But in the Chinese domestic domain, the contest for power is often dominated… Read More
How should Australia defend itself against a rising China?
PETER LAYTON | The rise of China is the big international relations issue of our time. Unsurprisingly then, various solutions have been suggested to the… Read More
Meet the mastermind behind Xi Jinping’s power
The conclusion of the recent Communist Party congress in China has turned the world’s spotlight on a hitherto elusive figure, the 62-year-old scholar-turned-official, Wang Huning. Read More
The rise of #Xiplomacy and China’s strategic narrative
It’s been nearly two months since China’s official media agency Xinhua debuted #Xiplomacy on Twitter. Xinhua, with a weighty 11 million Twitter followers, initially… Read More
Achieving the China dream or facing a minsky moment: China after the 19th party congress
HUI FENG | While the 19th party congress confirmed President Xi Jinping’s grip of power at the top echelon of the political system, the newly… Read More
Reading between the lines of North Korea’s letter
PETER LAYTON | The Foreign Affairs Committee of the DPRK Supreme People’s Assembly has been busy sending open letters to various foreign parliaments. … Read More
Commentary: Trump’s Iran decision hurts chance of a North Korea deal
Donald Trump’s undermining of the Iran nuclear deal only shrinks US options for dealing with North Korea. The US president’s decertification of Tehran’s compliance will… Read More
Belt and Road: The case for ‘wait and see’
IAN HALL | Nick Bisley is right to call for a clearer – and I would add more confident – Australian strategy towards China. But… Read More
