Pandemics and preparation the North Korean way
Monday
2nd March
2020
North Korea was notably among the first countries to announce a closure of its border due to the current coronavirus…
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Japanese trade and investment policies amid the US-China trade friction
Thursday
23rd January
2020
During the G20 Osaka summit, world leaders successfully produced a number of substantial outcomes on trade issues due…
How vulnerable is Xi Jinping over coronavirus? In today’s China, there are few to hold him to account
Friday
21st February
2020
Brand “People’s Republic of China” is wobbling, as if the massive picture of Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square was swaying…
Pragmatism, politics and the rise of China
Friday
27th December
2019
It was a lively evening recently at Hurricane’s, the new Australian ribs joint in Beijing, with pin-up snowboarder Scotty James…
Regional wrap
Wednesday
18th December
2019
The last month of this year, and this decade, has so far been a troubling one. From extensive bush-fires…
How dangerous is the South China Sea?
Tuesday
10th December
2019
While territorial disputes in the South China Sea are hotly debated in international relations, they hold relatively little weight in…
Nepal’s border pains: burning effigies of Modi and Xi
Friday
22nd November
2019
Earlier this week, some agitated Nepalese youths poured onto streeets and burnt effigies of Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping –…
Ghost of Tiananmen still haunts
Tuesday
4th June
2019
However high China’s skyscrapers soar, however huge the economy grows, however hurriedly the belt and road girdle the earth, the…
Hun Sen’s natural bilateral “bestie”
Wednesday
15th May
2019
On the sidelines of the second Belt and Road Forum in China last month, Cambodia’s Hun Sen was busy. He…
Covering China a unique dilemma
Wednesday
3rd April
2019
A new report by public policy organisation China Matters rejects claims that Australia’s media are “anti-China”, explains that reporters’ access…