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Australia-China relations: A question of trust

Australia-China relations: A question of trust
19.03.2025 6

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Jocelyn Chey

All at (sixes and) sevens and eights: Taiwan policy

17.01.2025 10

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Lunar New Year predictions for Xi and Trump

12.01.2025 8

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A chairman and a president walk into a bar: Review of Donald’s Inferno

Only in Australia could such an edgy political satire be put on stage. Sharp and witty, Donald’s Inferno, written and directed by Jon-Claire Lee,...

28.12.2024 3

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Grinding the axis

Axis is a four-letter word that should be banned or at least binned for the time being. The US uses the term in a distinctly hostile way, and now...

11.11.2024 3

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Kevin is here to help US–China relations

With the United States and China locked in an ongoing battle and no solution in sight, Kevin Rudd from Queensland is here to help. His new book...

29.10.2024 2

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‘Tis the voice of the lobster: reflections on Australia-China trade

Exports to China were worth over $700 million in 2019. Trade barriers were imposed by China following Scott Morrison’s call for an enquiry into the...

22.10.2024 2

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While you weren’t looking: Meeting China in Sydney

While elsewhere the China discourse in the Australian media may have been on geopolitical tensions and defence and security concerns, community...

11.10.2024 5

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Do we need universities?

Australian universities are starved of funds and forced to operate as commercial entities focused on profit, not the pursuit of knowledge. While...

02.10.2024 6

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For a pacific Pacific: thoughts about how to promote peace

Naval and air standoffs, sabre-rattling and accusations of underhand dealings are heightening tensions in the Asia-Pacific region and causing a...

16.09.2024 3

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Aiming for the messy truth: The first Australian journalist returns to China

Will Glasgow’s report from Beijing in the Weekend Australian of 24/25 August is cause for celebration. Since the last Australian journalist left...

01.09.2024 2

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Pussy cat pussy cat, where have you been? Feral cats in the bush

I love cats, furry and friendly. I love kittens chasing feathers and butterflies. I do not love cats in the bush. It is estimated that there are...

25.08.2024 3

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Australia’s fuzzy nationalism

Australia is not immune to the global trend to nationalism. Politicians here as elsewhere pepper their talk with terms such as “sovereignty”, “...

23.08.2024 5

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Jocelyn Chey

Australia’s fuzzy nationalism

Australia is not immune to the global trend to nationalism. Politicians here as elsewhere pepper their talk with terms such as “sovereignty”, “...

22.08.2024 2

Pearls and Irritations

Jocelyn Chey