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  • 7 Sep 2023
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • China's Government

    Is China finally getting serious about hukou reform?

    Henry Storey
    Unless China’s millions of migrant workers gain broader rights, “common prosperity” might turn out to be rhetorical.
  • 13 Jun 2023
    • China
    • China's Government

    An airliner with Chinese characteristics

    Kazimier Lim
    The country’s new homegrown narrow-body jet is a diplomatic ace up Xi Jinping's sleeve.
  • 15 May 2023
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • China's Government
    • China-India Relations
    • India
    • WTO

    Foreign policy China-style: beyond protocol and alcohol

    Ved Shinde
    Southeast Asian nations are realising that forming balancing coalitions will be their best bet in dealing with Beijing.
  • 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

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