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Biden’s quiet re-engagement with China could stop Middle East war
While it is hard to put a value on a dialogue that is unlikely to yield big breakthroughs, it’s easy to imagine the alternative.
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- Edward Luce
- Exclusive
- China relations
Taiwan warns Albanese: Don’t be blindsided by China
Australia should use economic sanctions to punish Beijing if Taiwan is invaded, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu says.
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- Michael Smith
Yesterday
Xi steps up economic aid with new debt issuance, PBOC visit
China’s legislature approved a plan to raise the fiscal deficit ratio for 2023 to about 3.8pc of GDP— well above the 3pc set in March.
- Bloomberg News
China sacks defence minister who disappeared two months ago
General Li Shangfu has not been seen in public since August, and is the second minister to have mysteriously disappeared.
- Updated
- Michael Smith
This Month
Beijing-Manila tensions mount after latest South China Sea clash
The latest near miss in the disputed waters has drawn international condemnation and expressions of concern from the US.
- Enrico Dela Cruz and Karen Lema
- Opinion
- World elections
Jokowi takes a huge gamble with son’s political elevation
An Indonesian court’s decision to open a loophole allowing the president’s son to participate in February’s election is unlikely to stand as a great moment in national jurisprudence.
- Updated
- Liam Gammon
China police detain foreign ad agency executive
A GroupM China senior advertising executive has been held for more questioning, according to people briefed on the matter.
- Daniel Thomas, Ryan McMorro and Sun Yu
China curbs exports of key EV battery mineral in new trade salvo
China, the world’s top graphite producer, says exporters of the material now need permits to send shipments abroad because of “national security concerns”.
- Siyi Liu and Dominique Patton
‘Land, air and sea’: China’s nuclear arsenal to double by 2030
Beijing has made dramatic advances in the “scale and complexity” of sea, air and land military platforms, the Pentagon says in a new report.
- Cate Cadell
How Xi’s Belt and Road went from pet project to debt bomb
Ten years after its launch, Xi Jinping’s $1 trillion infrastructure project now boasts about 150 members and has made China the world’s largest creditor.
- Michael Smith
Australia seeks to bolster South Korea, Japan defence ties
Richard Marles has met North Asian counterparts in Japan and South Korea amid rising tensions in the Middle East.
- Michael Smith
Xi, Putin pledge to ‘deepen trust’ in US swipe
Xi Jinping met Vladimir Putin in Beijing to reinforce their ‘no limits’ friendship as the Israel-Hamas conflict escalates in the Middle East.
- Michael Smith
- Exclusive
- Hydrogen
Gupta execs in talks with Japanese investors on Whyalla expansion
Liberty Primary Metals CEO Theuns Victor said Japanese investors had shown huge interest in the business’s transformation to carbon-neutral steelmaking.
- Michael Smith
AirAsia chief criticised for shirtless massage photo on LinkedIn
“Got to love Indonesia and AirAsia culture that I can have a massage and do a management meeting,” Tony Fernandes said in the now-deleted post.
- Anthony Palazzo
Putin visits ‘dear friend’ Xi in Beijing in rare trip
The Russian leader’s trip is aimed at showing the “no-limits” partnership between the two countries, despite the war in Ukraine, and now the Israel-Hamas conflict.
- Updated
- Michael Smith
- Analysis
- China relations
Investors have ‘nowhere left to hide’ from global shocks
The Israel-Hamas conflict adds to the growing list of geopolitical risks facing investors and companies globally, but are they awake to the world’s problems?
- Michael Smith
‘Israel is disappointed’: China’s Middle East dilemma
The superpower’s reluctance to condemn Hamas has angered Israel and hurt Beijing’s efforts to be seen as an alternative peacemaker throughout the region.
- Michael Smith
China denies Cheng was a political hostage
Beijing says the Australian journalist served out her full sentence under local laws, but Penny Wong describes her release as the result of “consistent advocacy”.
- Michael Smith
- Opinion
- China relations
‘Tight hugs, teary screams’: Cheng Lei’s China nightmare ends
Cheng Lei’s three-year ordeal in a Beijing prison cell is over but China’s willingness to use people as pawns in a diplomatic game should not be forgotten.
- Michael Smith
Chalmers backs Indonesia’s OECD push
If successful, Indonesia would be the first South-East Asian nation to gain membership of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- John Kehoe
