Articles | Lowy Institute

8 Mar 2023
China

China's Government

Human rights

Sex and Gender
Beijing and the birth rate: a question of human rights for women

Yun Jiang

Despite the government's gender positive rhetoric, Chinese women are still viewed as resources of the party state.
12 Oct 2022
China

China's Economy

China's Government
Xi Jinping: when enough is too much

Hamish McDonald

Worried about the rise of China? Maybe you should be rooting for another five-year term from the supreme leader.
19 Aug 2022
China

China's Government

China's Military

Taiwan

United States
The social media spectacle of China’s Taiwan military exercises

Manya Koetse

The whole world’s a stage when it comes to promoting the power behind the “one China” narrative.
9 Aug 2022
China

China's Government

China's Military

Taiwan

United States
When serious, careful US management of China–Taiwan policies … isn’t

John Culver

The status quo in the Strait has changed. But is anyone really tuning in as the drama unfolds?
13 May 2022
Diplomacy

United States

China's Government

China
China and the West: It’s about understanding each other

Aaron Mc Nicholas

The former Australian prime minister offers indispensable insights into how to go back to relationship basics.
31 Jan 2022
China's Government

China's Economy

China
China’s “common prosperity” is a Catch-22

Henry Storey

A phenomenal housing glut in the Chinese market is eroding the country’s productivity and economic future.
14 Dec 2021
China's Government

China
Lights! Camera! Action! A new Hollywood

Shaun Cameron

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 Government

China's Economy

China
China’s digital currency takes shape

Evan Freidin

A new central bank system to control the flow and exchange of money dovetails into Beijing’s big tech crackdown.
25 Aug 2021
China's Government

China's Economy
China puts its golden goose on notice

Elliott Zaagman

Beijing’s recent crackdown on tech and tutoring giants points to a grand scheme of state re-building.
2 Aug 2021
China's Government

China
China threatens the West’s primacy, not its democratic systems

Hugh White

Cold War tropes misrepresent Beijing’s challenge, and exaggerate its material and ideological power.
23 Jul 2021
China

China's Economy

China's Government
China’s numbers game harms us all

Elliott Zaagman

As Beijing attempts to tackle some shared world problems, its opaque regime means the benefits are limited.
18 Jan 2018
Global Economy

United States

China's Government

China's Economy

Chinese Trade

China

The Trump Presidency
Economic diplomacy brief: Trump turns global, Pacific aid, Chinese tourism, and more

Greg Earl

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
China's Government

China's Economy

China
Risk aversion in domestic Chinese politics

David Kelly

Xi Jinping's administration is risk averse on domestic economics, but the opposite on domestic economics.
30 Nov 2017
China-Australia Relations

China's Government

China
Sam Dastyari and Chinese government influence in Australia

A run-down of how The Interpreter has debated Chinese influence in Australia.
22 Nov 2017
China-Australia Relations

China's Government

China
Academic cooperation with Chinese characteristics

Wanning Sun

On academic endeavours, Western and Chinese universities want to have their cake and eat it too.
17 Nov 2017
China's Government

China
How art threatens to spoil China’s party

Graeme Smith

Xi Jinping has taken on mid-ranking cadres with twin attacks on 'work style' and humour.
16 Nov 2017
China-Australia Relations

China's Government

China
No need to self-censor in the face of China

Merriden Varrall

China has not actually taken any action to prompt Silent Invasion being pulled.
1 Nov 2017
China's Government

China
Censorship is superfluous in Xi’s ‘New Era’

Louisa Lim

Both Orwell and Huxley's fears could be realised simultaneously in President Xi Jinping's China.
27 Oct 2017
China's Government

China
Xi, Orwell and the language of Chinese politics

Simone van Nieuwenhuizen

Xi is not fostering a cult of personality, but a cult of the Chinese Communist Party.
26 Oct 2017
China's Government

China's Military

China
The 19th Party Congress: A more assertive Chinese foreign policy

Bonnie S Glaser , Matthew P Funaiole

President Xi Jinping's vision should raise alarm bells in Asian and Western capitals.
14 Jul 2017
China's Government
Australia’s shameful silence on Liu Xiaobo

Elaine Pearson

Liu was one of thousands of political prisoners in China. Australia should not let his death pass without challenging Beijing on his mistreatment.
20 Mar 2017
China's Government

China
China’s National People’s Congress needs to demonstrate vision

Kerry Brown