China-Australia Relations
Commentary
Malcolm Turnbull is taking a pragmatic regional approach to China
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review.Euan Graham
Commentary
Australia's reputation in China entrenched as greedy, untrustworthy and a US lapdog
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review. Merriden Varrall
Commentary
China's influence in Australia is not ordinary soft power
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review.
Rory Medcalf
Why an extradition treaty with China was always a bad idea
Ideological differences between states do not necessarily inhibit co-operation in the achievement of mutually agreed ends. To realists in particular, it is axiomatic that national…
How China’s media saw Li Keqiang’s Australian visit
On Sunday Chinese Premier Li Keqiang concluded his five-day visit to Australia having signed a slew of bilateral agreements. Li Keqiang last visited Australia in 2009, a year…
Commentary
China versus the US: Australia's increasingly hard choice
Originally published in CNN on 25 March 2017. Sam Roggeveen
Li’s Australia visit: ‘Nothing to be afraid of’
Chinese President Xi Jinping's speech at Davos in January presented China as the natural protector of the global order after the abdication of the US from the position. Premier Li…
What to expect from Li Keqiang’s Australia trip
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's week-long visit to Australia (and New Zealand) comes amid a flurry of diplomatic activity spurred by US President Donald Trump's disruption of the…
Australia must prepare for an Asia without America
Our first thoughts should be for Americans, and the damage that has been done to their institutions, their society and their national self-respect. But there is nothing to say…
Barnaby Joyce's mixed messaging on property rights
There’s been a good deal of mixed messaging coming from Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce recently.
This week he made headlines by declaring to an audience …