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.
China and Australia
Can Australia serve two masters?
China is Australia’s most significant trade partner (although we are not theirs). The USA is our most significant political partner. How do we balance the two? asks Aaron Fernandes.
Provocative Abbott on the money with China remarks
China will continue to buy our commodities regardless of whether we sign any broader economic agreement with it or not, writes Dr John Lee, from the Centre for International Security Studies, Sydney University.
Govt squeeze on China economy could mean hard landing for us
With China’s slowing economy, Australia, well and truly tethered to this monster, should understand that the dangers of a hard landing seem to be rising, not easing as it had seemed.
The Asian Century: Canberra readjusts the policy settings
If there is a conceptual shift on display in yesterday’s white paper launch, it is from Australia’s firm attachment to the construct of the Asia Pacific towards the “Asian Century”, writes Graeme Dobell.
There’s more than refugee boats on our northern horizon
The disputed sovereignty over the Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea, remains an issue for Asia-Pacific leaders.
Labor’s return to protectionism on carbon
Labor is taking the moral high ground in parliament, boasting of its love of free markets, and pillorying the opposition for backing a carbon-reduction scheme that relies on a bureaucratic tendering process, writes Rob Burgess.
Could we have a Chinese Jetstar-like competitor?
There are some awesome implications in this morning’s announcement of a new memorandum of agreement between Australia and China on increased flights, being a 50% rise in available seats to China and a possible low-cost regional Chinese airline, reports Ben Sandilands.
Richardson: heads in the sand on China’s future
If turmoil in China is just around the corner, the failings of our political and media culture will be even more dramatically revealed.
Forrest has a bit each way on China’s role
Andrew Forrest’s hypocrisy in criticising the federal government’s resource tax — and claiming it could lead to a flood of Chinese buyers — has been underlined by news of his own China dealings.
The refugee who’s waited a decade
Mrs Bao, a sickly 56 year old Chinese woman, is Australia’s longest serving immigration detainee, despite criticism by the UN. Geoffrey Barker reports on how she got entangled in the tricky diplomatic relations of Australia and China.
What’s to come: US strength in volatile times
Share market volumes are dominated by trading rather than long-term position taking, which means that we must get used to a roller-coaster ride, writes Robert Gottliebsen.
The China question: are we too reliant on mineral exports?
This year the Budget was delivered against a backdrop of international uncertainty, reliance on China and a local boom. Any bets on what the outcomes will be in a year’s time?
Crikey wrap: It’s who you know, not Hu, you know?
Following on from the Stern Hu case, Crikey intern Tom Cowie wraps what the media is saying about verdict implications, including Chinese-Australian relations and foreign investors in China.
Has everyone forgotten China and Rio Tinto yet?
Apart from the Rio Tinto Four, everyone else involved in the Chinese Rio Tinto bribery saga are desperate to move on. The case is shining too bright a light on the nature of Chinese business and government as far as China’s concerned.
The Stern Hu effect: the answer to the joke is blowing in the wind
The Chinese were, of course, joking about the financial impact of the actions of former Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu and his three fellow workers, since last year iron ore imports in China were up 41%.
Multinationals to tread carefully in Hu’s wake
When the dust settles on Stern Hu’s ‘three day trial’, the business community will take a much dimmer view of both China’s business environment and of the country’s political-economy, writes John lee.
Rio Tinto and China are friends again?
After last year’s Rio Tinto-Chinalco deal fell through, it seemed China had cracked it at the mining giant. But with the pair announcing a joint venture into Africa last week, has the frosty relationship thawed?
Gottliebsen: What if China’s boom busts?
Australia — from its government to its businesses — is basing its yearly budgets around the premise that the growth of China will continue. But the positive predictions of China’s economy may be deeply flawed, writes Robert Gottliebsen.
We need to exploit our energy superpowers
There is vast global demand for Australia’s natural resources and we need reforms to get worker productivity moving and let this boom happen again. The old Labor union bosses need to set their PM straight, writes former Keating minister Gary Johns.
How to hide your company data from prying Chinese eyes
The Stern Hu and Google affair have Aussie businesses petrified over how to protect their information from the Chinese government. Companies are adopting strict security measures, including travelling without their laptops and Blackberries.
Danby: Damn it Downer, China is tricky
Recently, ex-foreign minister Alexander Downer blasted the government’s relationship with China, leaving MP Michael Danby none too happy about the criticism. China is more aggressive and friends with the most oppressive nations in the world now. Patronising advice by old timers isn’t needed, says Danby.
China stamps all over Antarctica
China has come out and said what other countries have previously not dared: they want to mine the natural resources of Antarctica. Can the Antarctic Treaty hold or will China flex its muscles like it did in Copenhagen?
China only knows the “throw another shrimp on the barbie” Australia
China is our biggest economic trading partner, yet most their knowledge of Australian culture is limited to the kangaroo and Nicole Kidman basics. More federal funding is needed to promote cultural diplomacy, writes Dan Edwards.
Has China peaked too soon?
Will China power the world out of its economic slump? Ken Phillips investigates whether the dragon has enough fire in its belly.
