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Xi Jinping sends unmistakable message to the world

Xi Jinping sends unmistakable message to the world

Flanked by Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, the Chinese president managed to engineer a defining image of this decade, if...

03.09.2025 7

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

Xi Jinping sends unmistakable message to the world

Xi Jinping sends unmistakable message to the world

Flanked by Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, the Chinese president managed to engineer a defining image of this decade, if...

03.09.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

Xi Jinping sends unmistakable message to the world

Xi Jinping sends unmistakable message to the world

Flanked by Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, the Chinese president managed to engineer a defining image of this decade, if...

03.09.2025 5

The Age

Lisa Visentin

Xi Jinping sends unmistakable message to the world

Xi Jinping sends unmistakable message to the world

Flanked by Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, the Chinese president managed to engineer a defining image of this decade, if...

03.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

‘Not usually a target’: Rumours run wild as Xi’s top diplomats vanish

‘Not usually a target’: Rumours run wild as Xi’s top diplomats vanish

Chinese elite politics is an opaque business, especially under President Xi Jinping. Yet even as his grip tightens, speculation about power plays...

19.08.2025 6

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

‘Not usually a target’: Rumours run wild as Xi’s top diplomats vanish

‘Not usually a target’: Rumours run wild as Xi’s top diplomats vanish

Chinese elite politics is an opaque business, especially under President Xi Jinping. Yet even as his grip tightens, speculation about power plays...

19.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

‘Not usually a target’: Rumours run wild as Xi’s top diplomats vanish

‘Not usually a target’: Rumours run wild as Xi’s top diplomats vanish

Chinese elite politics is an opaque business, especially under President Xi Jinping. Yet even as his grip tightens, speculation about power plays...

19.08.2025 5

The Age

Lisa Visentin

‘Not usually a target’: Rumours run wild as Xi’s top diplomats vanish

‘Not usually a target’: Rumours run wild as Xi’s top diplomats vanish

Chinese elite politics is an opaque business, especially under President Xi Jinping. Yet even as his grip tightens, speculation about power plays...

19.08.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

Trump stokes fears about what he will do to get his red-carpet moment with Xi

The US president’s decision to extend China’s trade-negotiating window averts a return to a triple-digit tariff war between two superpowers. But...

12.08.2025 3

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

Trump stokes fears about what he will do to get his red-carpet moment with Xi

The US president’s decision to extend China’s trade-negotiating window averts a return to a triple-digit tariff war between two superpowers. But...

12.08.2025 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

Trump stokes fears about what he will do to get his red-carpet moment with Xi

The US president’s decision to extend China’s trade-negotiating window averts a return to a triple-digit tariff war between two superpowers. But...

12.08.2025 8

The Age

Lisa Visentin

Trump stokes fears about what he will do to get his red-carpet moment with Xi

The US president’s decision to extend China’s trade-negotiating window averts a return to a triple-digit tariff war between two superpowers. But...

12.08.2025 3

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

Trump’s tariff strike on India plays into China’s hands

Donald Trump’s economic assault on New Delhi stands in stark contrast to his conciliatory approach to Beijing in recent months.

07.08.2025 6

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

Trump’s tariff strike on India plays into China’s hands

Donald Trump’s economic assault on New Delhi stands in stark contrast to his conciliatory approach to Beijing in recent months.

07.08.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

Trump’s tariff strike on India plays into China’s hands

Donald Trump’s economic assault on New Delhi stands in stark contrast to his conciliatory approach to Beijing in recent months.

07.08.2025 4

The Age

Lisa Visentin

Trump’s tariff strike on India plays into China’s hands

Donald Trump’s economic assault on New Delhi stands in stark contrast to his conciliatory approach to Beijing in recent months.

07.08.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

An axis of bystanders: Iran conflict reveals true nature of an alliance the West feared

When push came to shove, as the missiles flew and bombs rained down, all China and Russia offered Iran was rhetorical support – and cautiously at...

25.06.2025 6

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

An axis of bystanders: Iran conflict reveals true nature of an alliance the West feared

When push came to shove, as the missiles flew and bombs rained down, all China and Russia offered Iran was rhetorical support – and cautiously at...

25.06.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

An axis of bystanders: Iran conflict reveals true nature of an alliance the West feared

When push came to shove, as the missiles flew and bombs rained down, all China and Russia offered Iran was rhetorical support – and cautiously at...

25.06.2025 9

The Age

Lisa Visentin

An axis of bystanders: Iran conflict reveals true nature of an alliance the West feared

When push came to shove, as the missiles flew and bombs rained down, all China and Russia offered Iran was rhetorical support – and cautiously at...

25.06.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

Secrets and lies as South Korea’s adoptees search for belonging

The federal government has promised an inquiry into Home Affairs’ handling of adoptions. Meanwhile, those involved are left grappling with painful...

22.06.2025 10

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

Secrets and lies as South Korea’s adoptees search for belonging

The federal government has promised an inquiry into Home Affairs’ handling of adoptions. Meanwhile, those involved are left grappling with painful...

22.06.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

Secrets and lies as South Korea’s adoptees search for belonging

The federal government has promised an inquiry into Home Affairs’ handling of adoptions. Meanwhile, those involved are left grappling with painful...

22.06.2025 40

The Age

Lisa Visentin

Secrets and lies as South Korea’s adoptees search for belonging

The federal government has promised an inquiry into Home Affairs’ handling of adoptions. Meanwhile, those involved are left grappling with painful...

22.06.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

After two days of talks, Trump’s China trade deal is right back where it started

After a marathon round of talks, US and Chinese negotiators arrived back at the same starting point they brokered one month ago.

11.06.2025 4

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

After two days of talks, Trump’s China trade deal is right back where it started

After a marathon round of talks, US and Chinese negotiators arrived back at the same starting point they brokered one month ago.

11.06.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

After two days of talks, Trump’s China trade deal is right back where it started

After a marathon round of talks, US and Chinese negotiators arrived back at the same starting point they brokered one month ago.

11.06.2025 10

The Age

Lisa Visentin

After two days of talks, Trump’s China trade deal is right back where it started

After a marathon round of talks, US and Chinese negotiators arrived back at the same starting point they brokered one month ago.

11.06.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

He’s survived slums, sweatshops and a stabbing. Now this leader faces Donald Trump

When the US president launched his global trade war in April, South Korea was hamstrung, frozen by political turmoil. And a key industry was in the...

04.06.2025 4

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

He’s survived slums, sweatshops and a stabbing. Now this leader faces Donald Trump

When the US president launched his global trade war in April, South Korea was hamstrung, frozen by political turmoil. And a key industry was in the...

04.06.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

He’s survived slums, sweatshops and a stabbing. Now this leader faces Donald Trump

When the US president launched his global trade war in April, South Korea was hamstrung, frozen by political turmoil. And a key industry was in the...

04.06.2025 5

The Age

Lisa Visentin

He’s survived slums, sweatshops and a stabbing. Now this leader faces Donald Trump

When the US president launched his global trade war in April, South Korea was hamstrung, frozen by political turmoil. And a key industry was in the...

04.06.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

Giant dolls, an empty theme park and semi-trailers: The tourist trap that’s now a lifeline for Russia

We arrive in Manzhouli a day before Xi Jinping is to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow. It’s a ghost town, where bored attendants man empty rides. But a...

30.05.2025 8

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

Giant dolls, an empty theme park and semi-trailers: The tourist trap that’s now a lifeline for Russia

We arrive in Manzhouli a day before Xi Jinping is to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow. It’s a ghost town, where bored attendants man empty rides. But a...

30.05.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

Giant dolls, an empty theme park and semi-trailers: The tourist trap that’s now a lifeline for Russia

We arrive in Manzhouli a day before Xi Jinping is to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow. It’s a ghost town, where bored attendants man empty rides. But a...

30.05.2025 10

The Age

Lisa Visentin

Giant dolls, an empty theme park and semi-trailers: The tourist trap that’s now a lifeline for Russia

We arrive in Manzhouli a day before Xi Jinping is to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow. It’s a ghost town, where bored attendants man empty rides. But a...

30.05.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

Both sides blinked, but this is Trump’s capitulation to own

As the clock starts on the 90-day period for the US and China to strike a deal, was all the pain of the last six weeks worth it?

13.05.2025 7

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

Both sides blinked, but this is Trump’s capitulation to own

As the clock starts on the 90-day period for the US and China to strike a deal, was all the pain of the last six weeks worth it?

13.05.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

Both sides blinked, but this is Trump’s capitulation to own

As the clock starts on the 90-day period for the US and China to strike a deal, was all the pain of the last six weeks worth it?

13.05.2025 30

The Age

Lisa Visentin

Both sides blinked, but this is Trump’s capitulation to own

As the clock starts on the 90-day period for the US and China to strike a deal, was all the pain of the last six weeks worth it?

13.05.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

Xi’s neighbourly charm offensive touches a raw nerve for Trump

Donald Trump has already hit out at Xi Jinping’s visit to Vietnam, accusing the two sides of “trying to figure out, ‘how do we screw the United...

15.04.2025 7

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

Xi’s neighbourly charm offensive touches a raw nerve for Trump

Donald Trump has already hit out at Xi Jinping’s visit to Vietnam, accusing the two sides of “trying to figure out, ‘how do we screw the United...

15.04.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

Xi’s neighbourly charm offensive touches a raw nerve for Trump

Donald Trump has already hit out at Xi Jinping’s visit to Vietnam, accusing the two sides of “trying to figure out, ‘how do we screw the United...

15.04.2025 8

The Age

Lisa Visentin

Xi’s neighbourly charm offensive touches a raw nerve for Trump

Donald Trump has already hit out at Xi Jinping’s visit to Vietnam, accusing the two sides of “trying to figure out, ‘how do we screw the United...

15.04.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

Xi holds more cards than Trump in trade showdown

With the two leaders standing eyeball to eyeball as global markets whipsaw around them, who will blink?

11.04.2025 8

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

Xi holds more cards than Trump in trade showdown

With the two leaders standing eyeball to eyeball as global markets whipsaw around them, who will blink?

11.04.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

Xi holds more cards than Trump in trade showdown

With the two leaders standing eyeball to eyeball as global markets whipsaw around them, who will blink?

11.04.2025 10

The Age

Lisa Visentin

Xi holds more cards than Trump in trade showdown

With the two leaders standing eyeball to eyeball as global markets whipsaw around them, who will blink?

11.04.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

In this game of tariff chicken, China has little to lose

Long gone are the heady days of January, when Donald Trump and Xi Jinping spoke of solving the world’s problems together.

08.04.2025 4

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

In this game of tariff chicken, China has little to lose

Long gone are the heady days of January, when Donald Trump and Xi Jinping spoke of solving the world’s problems together.

08.04.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin