China’s rise in Asia has made the region a much more complicated place, writes Dr John Lee, from the Centre for International Security Studies at Sydney University.
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Obama to China: you can’t exploit our fiscal crisis
Barack Obama used his address to Parliament to send an unambiguous message to China.
Rudd’s Asia-Pacific plan lost at sea?
Kevin Rudd’s vision of a Pacific community has been given a chilly Asian reception. Is it just bad timing or is the issue deeper? Anthony Fensom reports.
Australia: the pot calling the kettle black in the pacific
Australia’s treatment of its own indigenous people seriously undercuts its credibility as a moral leader on human rights in the pacific region, says the Fiji Daily Post.
Rudd’s Asia-Pacific Community DOA
Rudd himself has argued that Australia must pursue “middle-power diplomacy”. Hopefully at some point he’ll accept the logic of that himself and stop trying to change the world single-handedly, writes Bernard Keane.
The problematic politics of Pacific guest workers
On paper, a Pacific gues worker scheme ticks boxes, writes Bernard Keane, but you can expect an almighty political argument before it becomes a reality.
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Pensioners need services, not money … not enough aid for China … Haneef, civil liberties versus public safety … the RBA and the ABS … Operation Wickenby …
Exclusive: Rudd, Swan, Burke and the colourful Chinese connection
It’s time to join the dots between these Chinese junkets, big Labor donations, property developers and a colourful Asian casino mogul, writes Stephen Mayne.
Why is everyone ignoring the nuclear elephant in the room?
The very largest elephant in Australia’s electoral room is the nuclear one — and it is accompanied by an equally large question: why is everyone — the media included – avoiding mentioning it?
State of the planet
Extreme weather wakes US up to climate change … 77,000 die annually in Asia-Pacific from climate change … Sedentary, not migratory birds, face higher extinction risk … Are clean planes a lot of hot air? …
