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  • 23 Jan 2023
    • China
    • Chinese Trade
    • Australia
    • Australia's Trade
    • Trade
    • WTO

    How will China’s punitive trade restrictions against Australia end?

    Justin Brown
    Good vibes could turn into a solution – but if China demands a quid pro quo, reaching agreement will be complex.
  • 14 Jan 2022
    • China's Economy
    • Chinese Trade

    Whoever controls the spice, controls the universe

    Shaun Cameron
    From missile guidance systems to electric car batteries, China’s domination of rare earths has global implications.
  • 23 Dec 2021
    • Chinese Trade
    • Pakistan

    Pakistan and China: An unhappy union in Gwadar

    Adnan Aamir
    Protests against Beijing’s strategic investments in Balochistan are only the latest in a long line of grievances.
  • 23 Sep 2021
    • China's Economy
    • Chinese Trade
    • Trade and Investment in the Asia Pacific
    • China

    Can the China model be accommodated in the CPTPP?

    Naoise McDonagh
    A rules-based trading system is the bare minimum that Beijing must agree to if it wants to talk accession.
  • 27 Jul 2021
    • Trade
    • Chinese Trade
    • US Economy

    When the chips are down: Biden’s semiconductor war

    Tian He
    Export controls on US semiconductor tech into China didn’t stop with Trump.
  • 9 Mar 2021
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Chinese Trade
    • China

    Endorsing “self-reliance”, Beijing raises the geopolitical stakes

    Bates Gill
    The “dual circulation” strategy announced at the National People’s Congress could shift global economics and politics.
  • 9 Sep 2020
    • Pacific Islands
    • China's Economy
    • Chinese Trade
    • China
    • Sri Lanka
    • China – Belt and Road Initiative

    Debunking the myth of China’s “debt-trap diplomacy”

    Shahar Hameiri
    Never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence.
  • 20 Jul 2020
    • Chinese Trade
    • Australia
    • China
    • Technology

    Social credit: The next China risk for Australian business

    David Morris
    Continuous monitoring via technology raises numerous questions and will bring unforeseen consequences.
  • 9 Nov 2018
    • Chinese Trade

    Decoupling from China: cutting the Gordian Knot

    John Lee
    Expecting a coordinated global divorce with China is imprudent – it may also be impractical.
  • 12 Feb 2018
    • Chinese Trade

    China’s cobalt conundrum in Congo

    Frederick Kuo
    Joseph Kabila’s power grab and violence in Congo may disrupt China’s vital cobalt supply.
  • 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.
  • 20 Dec 2017
    • Chinese Trade

    Xi saves sea slugs on the sea floor

    Graeme Smith
    Exploring the murky depths of Papua New Guinea’s sea cucumber trade to China.

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