Chart of the week
![Chart of the week: Trust in China](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/Chart-of-the-Week_0.jpg?itok=Sh8x-hjH)
Chart of the week: Trust in China
Almost 30,000 cases of coronavirus have been officially confirmed, amid reports of Chinese authorities increasingly cracking down on information at the epicentre of the crisis…
![Chart of the week: Data, data, everywhere](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/Chart-of-the-Week_0.jpg?itok=Sh8x-hjH)
Chart of the week: Data, data, everywhere
Think about your habits on any given day. Check the weather on your phone in the morning? Data. Touch on a ticket to catch the bus or train? Data. Or drive a car through a toll…
![Chart of the week: Where countries lie abroad](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/Chart-of-the-Week_0.jpg?itok=Sh8x-hjH)
Chart of the week: Where countries lie abroad
How many – and where – diplomatic missions are established can be an important signal of priorities and challenges for a country’s foreign policy. For example, of the 61 countries…
![Chart of the week: The climate cost](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/Chart-of-the-Week_0.jpg?itok=Sh8x-hjH)
Chart of the week: The climate cost
Two years ago, Scott Morrison walked into the Australian parliament brandishing a lump of coal. “Don’t be afraid. Don't be scared. It won’t hurt you. It’s coal,” Morrison said,…
![Chart of the week: Australia’s “fear and greed” with China](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/Chart-of-the-Week_0.jpg?itok=Sh8x-hjH)
Chart of the week: Australia’s “fear and greed” with China
When then–Prime Minister Tony Abbott was asked by Angela Merkel about Australia’s relations with China, he summed it up, perhaps tongue-in-cheek, in two words: “Fear and greed”…
![Chart of the week: Trump and the US-Australia alliance](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/Chart-of-the-Week.jpg?itok=fb4QEPWY)
Chart of the week: Trump and the US-Australia alliance
Donald Trump is about to be the third US President in history to be impeached. Australians won’t be surprised – he’s never been popular here. But Australia’s alliance with the…
![Chart of the week: Australian versus Chinese aid in the Pacific](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/Chart-of-the-Week.jpg?itok=fb4QEPWY)
Chart of the week: Australian versus Chinese aid in the Pacific
In the last two years China’s engagement in the Pacific – particularly through its aid program – has sparked alarm in Canberra. The spiking orange line in 2017 is part of the…