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585 articles matching the search query.
‘Smearing China’ will backfire for its trade partners, Beijing warns
As the trade dispute between Australia and China shows no sign of abating, Beijing says ‘it is the people who pay for misguided government policies’.
China’s United Front Work: Propaganda as Policy
Insights from Gerald Groot.
The Man Behind China’s Aggressive New Voice
How one bureaucrat, armed with just a Twitter account, remade Beijing’s diplomacy for a nationalistic era.
Aussie treasurer: National interests come first with China
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia will always put its national interests ahead of economic interests in its troubled relationship with China, a senior Australian lawmaker said Wednesday after a White House official predicted Sino-Australian tensions will persist.
Why the Australia-China relationship is unravelling faster than we could have imagined
As diplomatic relations worsened in recent years, people-to-people ties remained strong. Now, however, it appears even academics and journalists are becoming 'pawns' in a great diplomatic tussle.
U.S. Names Taiwan Envoy With China Ambassador Post Still Vacant
The U.S. appointed a new top representative to Taiwan, in the Biden administration’s latest move to strengthen ties with Taipei amid increasing pressure from Beijing.
Beijing admits Chinese tariffs on Australian goods are political retaliation
A Chinese official has openly declared that Beijing has singled out Australia for economic punishment, saying the federal government cannot profit from China while "smearing" it.
Singapore excludes Sinovac from vaccine tally; South Korea cases surge
Elsewhere, South Korea reported its biggest single-day surge this year, and Thailand plans to convert an international airport terminal into a field hospital.
China trying to ‘cut Australia out of the herd’ with diplomatic freeze, US warns
White House coordinator for the Indo-Pacific says Beijing’s targeting of Australian exporters has only intensified Canberra’s ties with US
Mainlanders shell out for smuggled Australian lobsters via Hong Kong
A month-long investigation by the Post reveals how the once wiped-out smuggling of Australian rock lobsters through Hong Kong has roared back in the wake of last year’s unofficial Chinese ban.
Australia denies using ‘plants’ to undermine China’s Covid vaccine rollout in Pacific
Canberra says allegation Australia is ‘working in the shadows’ to sabotage emergency use of Chinese vaccines in Papua New Guinea ‘absolutely not’ true
China bought lots of Florida lobster despite tariffs. Keys fishermen paid the price
Chinese importers bought Florida spiny lobsters in what could be near-record numbers this season, despite a 25 percent tariff their government placed on U.S. seafood last July, according to the leading Florida Keys commercial fishermen’s trade group.
Are Fears of a Chinese Port Facility on Manus Island Justified?
Manus Island would be a strategic outpost for China, astride the western Pacific Ocean.
Negative views continue to dominate China’s global image, survey finds
Pew Research Centre poll of 17 democracies shows dim view of China’s human rights record and little confidence in Xi Jinping’s handling of foreign affairs.
'I don't feel protected here': Chinese students in Australia facing more surveillance from Beijing authorities, report finds
A new Human Rights Watch report reveals a worsening atmosphere of anxiety and harassment as Chinese students studying in Australia fear being "reported on" by classmates to authorities back home.
Banned Australian Lobsters Are Sneaking Into China Via Hong Kong
Australia’s rock lobsters may be finding their way onto Chinese dinner tables through a back door that’s letting the industry sidestep a ban on the long-prized delicacy.
China Sues Australia Over Tariffs in Hit to Strained Ties
(Bloomberg) -- China sued Australia over anti-dumping measures on some Chinese goods, further ratcheting up tensions between the two nations.China filed a lawsuit at the World Trade Organization over Australian anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures on Chinese exports of railway wheels, wind towers and stainless steel sinks, the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday in Beijing. This would be the third recent WTO case between the two countries, after Australia sued over Chinese tariffs on wine and b
They look like hotels and government buildings. But inside, they're China's feared secret prisons
To be caught up in China's "residential surveillance" prison system is to disappear. Suspects can be detained for six months without charge, without a court's permission, and sometimes without their family knowing their whereabouts.
Australians ‘not willing to give up’ on China despite mistrust: survey
While six in 10 believe Australia should keep trying to have a strong relationship with China, the same proportion wants Canberra to take a tougher stance, leading researchers to say the findings show a ‘complicated picture’
Australia to decide ‘very shortly’ on WTO action against China’s wine tariffs
In March, China imposed tariffs of up to 218 per cent on Australian wine for five years, formalising curbs that had been in place for months amid an increasingly fraught relationship with Canberra.
