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China drops tariffs against Australian barley
The decision puts an end to a three-year-dispute over the $1.2 billion export.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
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Remoteness no longer enough: NZ defence needs more money to counter China, climate change
New Zealand’s first national security strategy underscores how China’s rise is upending old norms – even 9000 kilometres away in Wellington.
- by Lewis Jackson and Lucy Craymer
‘Unprecedented’: US sailors charged with selling military secrets to China
Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray said last year that the FBI opens a new counterintelligence case against China every 12 hours on average.
- by Peter Martin and Chris Strohm
‘I’m not a trained diplomat, I’m a recovering politician’: Lunch with Barry O’Farrell
The former premier had never lived overseas. Then he became ambassador to India.
- by Matt Wade
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CCP influence
Canada asks Australia for help as it faces backlash over China meddling
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is under fire over revelations Chinese diplomats and proxies allegedly tried to sway Canada’s last two federal elections.
- by Farrah Tomazin
‘We made a mistake with Russia’: EU chief in Asia trade mission
In her first visit to the Philippines, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged to restart negotiations on a trade deal as China’s actions in the South China Sea rattle the region.
- by Latika Bourke
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Courts
Bondi man allegedly ensnared by ‘tentacles’ of Chinese spies, court told
Alex Csergo told police he was “terrified” and “paranoid” about what would happen if he did not co-operate.
- by Perry Duffin
With Russia and China off limits, I went to the country sandwiched between them
Mongolia has managed to carve out a proud democratic identity over just three decades, despite its precarious position between two great authoritarian powers.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Australia, NZ raise concerns over China-Solomon Islands policing deal
Prime Ministers Anthony Albanese and Chris Hipkins issued their strongest joint statement to date on Beijing’s growing regional power.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
China’s foreign minister sacked after disappearing for a month
The decision puts an end to weeks of speculation over Qin Gang’s future after rumours of a high-profile affair and a power struggle within the Communist Party.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
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‘I think he is gone’: The strange disappearance of China’s foreign minister Qin Gang
The fate of the missing 57-year-old Chinese Foreign Minister could be decided this week.
- by Eryk Bagshaw