China-Australia Relations
Security shouldn't trump economics on the Ausgrid sale
Security trumps economics, or so the Ausgrid saga seems to have taught us.
But maybe this framing is all wrong. Security and economics might be better thought of as being directly…
Why Australia is the canary in the regional coal mine
It has been an interesting few months in Australia-China relations. Following the Ausgrid decision, accusations of drug cheating at the Rio Olympics and the response to the…
China-Australia report: Economic relationship needs work
It’s less than four years since then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard launched ‘Australia in the Asian Century’ at the Lowy Institute. It has sunk, with hardly a…
Call for Australia-China treaty to guide foreign investment
Just when Treasurer Scott Morrison will have been hoping to put last week’s surprisingly tough move against two Chinese power industry investors behind him, a major new…
China vs Australia in the pool and across the oceans
This weekend, swimmers Mack Horton from Australia and China's Sun Yang are expected to race each other in the 1500m freestyle final, an event that is shaping up to be one of the…
Ausgrid decision will hurt Australia-China relations
Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison has blocked both Chinese companies bidding for a 50.4% share of the lease to operate New South Wales electricity distributor, Ausgrid.
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Economic diplomacy brief: Ausgrid sale, Botten and aid, big bets on Indonesia and more
This column will appear fortnightly on The Interpreter.
Selling the farm - or not?
Treasurer Scott Morrison’s preliminary decision to block the sale of NSW power…
The Global Times and Beijing: A nuanced relationship
How seriously should we take China's Global Times? This always interesting question is particularly pertinent after the nationalist tabloid took aim at Australia on Saturday,…
Chinese investment: Stay calm and ignore the defence hawks
The lights are still on in Manila.
That must come as quite a surprise to defence hawks who like to beat the drum that the sale of New South Wales electricity distributor Ausgrid…
DFAT on China and Timor-Leste: No 'two-step' but one considered approach
Dr Michael Leach makes a number of inaccurate claims in his Interpreter post: 'The PCA ruling, Australia and Timor-Leste'.
Dr Leach asserts Australia is engaged in a ‘two-step’…