4 Mar 2025
Feminism is still a dirty word in China
Organised feminist activism is nearly impossible in China in 2025, but Chinese women are still talking.
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4 Oct 2024
A Trump win splits the East Asian triangle
Much commentary about China and the US election has suggested Beijing prefers Trump. In fact, the opposite might be the case. -
31 Jul 2024
Long arm of the law: China’s extraterritorial reach
Political as much as legal considerations dictate the way Beijing exercises its laws – from Hong Kong to beyond. -
26 Jul 2024
Why Taiwan should embrace multiculturalism
With a birth rate below replacement level, Taipei has many reasons to boost its workforce from Southeast Asia. -
12 Jan 2024
An airliner with Chinese characteristics
The country’s new homegrown narrow-body jet is a diplomatic ace up Xi Jinping's sleeve. -
11 Dec 2023
Don’t let China veto Australia’s ties with Taiwan
Canberra should not let increased trade and political engagement with Taipei be held hostage to Beijing’s sensitivities. -
7 Sep 2023
Is China finally getting serious about hukou reform?
Unless China’s millions of migrant workers gain broader rights, “common prosperity” might turn out to be rhetorical. -
15 May 2023
Foreign policy China-style: beyond protocol and alcohol
Southeast Asian nations are realising that forming balancing coalitions will be their best bet in dealing with Beijing. -
8 Mar 2023
Beijing and the birth rate: a question of human rights for women
Despite the government's gender positive rhetoric, Chinese women are still viewed as resources of the party state. -
12 Oct 2022
Xi Jinping: when enough is too much
Worried about the rise of China? Maybe you should be rooting for another five-year term from the supreme leader. -
19 Aug 2022
The social media spectacle of China’s Taiwan military exercises
The whole world’s a stage when it comes to promoting the power behind the “one China” narrative. -
9 Aug 2022
When serious, careful US management of China–Taiwan policies … isn’t
The status quo in the Strait has changed. But is anyone really tuning in as the drama unfolds? -
13 May 2022
China and the West: It’s about understanding each other
The former Australian prime minister offers indispensable insights into how to go back to relationship basics. -
31 Jan 2022
China’s “common prosperity” is a Catch-22
A phenomenal housing glut in the Chinese market is eroding the country’s productivity and economic future. -
14 Dec 2021
Lights! Camera! Action! A new Hollywood
China’s love of American cinema is pushing the limits on a film industry that is highly regulated by the state. -
8 Sep 2021
China’s digital currency takes shape
A new central bank system to control the flow and exchange of money dovetails into Beijing’s big tech crackdown. -
25 Aug 2021
China puts its golden goose on notice
Beijing’s recent crackdown on tech and tutoring giants points to a grand scheme of state re-building. -
2 Aug 2021
China threatens the West’s primacy, not its democratic systems
Cold War tropes misrepresent Beijing’s challenge, and exaggerate its material and ideological power. -
23 Jul 2021
China’s numbers game harms us all
As Beijing attempts to tackle some shared world problems, its opaque regime means the benefits are limited. -
18 Jan 2018
Economic diplomacy brief: Trump turns global, Pacific aid, Chinese tourism, and more
It appears China’s economic policy-making elite (if not always Xi Jinping himself) like the certainty and stability of the Bretton Woods system. -
1 Dec 2017
Risk aversion in domestic Chinese politics
Xi Jinping's administration is risk averse on domestic economics, but the opposite on domestic economics. -
30 Nov 2017
Sam Dastyari and Chinese government influence in Australia
A run-down of how The Interpreter has debated Chinese influence in Australia. -
22 Nov 2017
Academic cooperation with Chinese characteristics
On academic endeavours, Western and Chinese universities want to have their cake and eat it too. -
17 Nov 2017
How art threatens to spoil China’s party
Xi Jinping has taken on mid-ranking cadres with twin attacks on 'work style' and humour. -
16 Nov 2017
No need to self-censor in the face of China
China has not actually taken any action to prompt Silent Invasion being pulled. -
1 Nov 2017
Censorship is superfluous in Xi’s ‘New Era’
Both Orwell and Huxley's fears could be realised simultaneously in President Xi Jinping's China. -
27 Oct 2017
Xi, Orwell and the language of Chinese politics
Xi is not fostering a cult of personality, but a cult of the Chinese Communist Party. -
26 Oct 2017
The 19th Party Congress: A more assertive Chinese foreign policy
President Xi Jinping's vision should raise alarm bells in Asian and Western capitals. -
14 Jul 2017
Australia’s shameful silence on Liu Xiaobo
Liu was one of thousands of political prisoners in China. Australia should not let his death pass without challenging Beijing on his mistreatment. -