Yesterday
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.
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- Michael Smith
This Month
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
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.
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- Michael Smith
China-Australia relationship improving, ambassador tells Vic Premier
China’s ambassador to Australia has told Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan the bilateral relationship is on the mend.
- Gus McCubbing
- Opinion
- Opinion
Flawed policies are intensifying China’s property market woes
Two years after Chinese property giant Evergrande defaulted on its debt, Chinese policymakers are struggling to come up with ways to stem the worsening real estate crisis.
- Karen Maley
September
How Xi Jinping is taking control of China’s stock exchange
By using listing and trading rules to direct capital into sectors that fit his priorities, the president wants the market to serve the state.
- Hudson Lockett and Cheng Leng
Chinese TV presenter had ‘surrogate’ child with foreign minister
Authorities are scrutinising the relationship between Qin Gang and Fu Xiaotian, although it remains unclear how central it was to the minister’s disappearance.
- Ryan McMorrow, Sun Yu, Joe Leahy and James Kynge
China turns to Australian, Russian coal to improve quality
Australia’s exports of thermal coal for power plants and coking coal for steelmaking rose to 6.69 million tons last month, the highest since July 2020.
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- Kathy Chen
- Opinion
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Beijing is running out of time to avoid ‘Japanification’
China has time to avoid Japan’s “lost decades” of economic growth, but Beijing appears reluctant to adopt the required bold policy measures.
- Karen Maley
US companies pull out of China as relations sour
A survey of American companies also found confidence about their prospects in China’s economy has hit an all-time low.
- Michael Smith
Trump hints at female running mate if nominated
The Republican frontrunner praised South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem; Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker tells CNN he was “very surprised” by Australia’s decision to block more flights; watch one of Ron Barassi’s legendary sprays. See how the day unfolded here.
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- Andrew Hobbs
China’s defence minister disappears ‘in latest top purge’: US
Li Shangfu has not been seen in public for more than two weeks, raising questions about President Xi Jinping’s new line-up of loyalist leaders.
- Demetri Sevastopulo
China’s economy picks up in early sign of recovery
China posted stronger-than-expected retail sales and industrial production in August in an early sign the economy may be stabilising.
- Michael Smith
China’s dominating EV-makers growing at ‘scary speed’
Chinese firms grabbed more than 50 per cent of total auto sales in China for the first time in July, beating foreign rivals in the world’s biggest car market.
- Danny Lee and Jinshan Hong
In Beijing, business fears Xi is out of ideas
A visit to Beijing finds the city humming but the mood downbeat, with some saying the toolbox to fix the nation’s troubles is empty of everything but trumpets.
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- James Curran
No other investor has a life story as unbelievable as Li Lu
The inside story of a radical who fled Tiananmen made billions betting on China.
- Eleanor Olcott
China plans to broaden iPhone ban to state-run companies
Foreign devices have long been discouraged in sensitive agencies in China but they could soon be banned outright in all government-linked companies.
- Jenny Leonard and Debby Wu
China to its people: Spies are everywhere, help us catch them
As Beijing tries to enlist the “whole of society” to guard against foreign enemies, the line between vigilance and paranoia fades.
- Vivian Wang
