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Himars rockets are fired by Australian, US and Singapore defence forces as part of the Talisman Sabre joint war fighting exercise. Up to 40,000 troops from 19 nations are taking part in the exercise. Photo: Reuters
Australia

Australia fires its first US-made Himars rocket system

It fired the rocket system during its joint live-fire exercise involving the US, Singapore, Japan, France and South Korea.

Electric & new energy vehicles

CATL, BYD partner with BHP to electrify Australia’s mining industry

The Philippines

China trade or Philippine defence ties? Why Australia attempts to balance both

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Australia

In US-China tug of war, Australia puts itself first

With one eye on the past and the other on the Asia-Pacific’s future, Australia’s prime minister is championing sovereignty in an uncertain age.

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Australia

Exclusive | Australia’s Albanese to address Darwin Port sale on China visit

The prime minister, after stating the Chinese-owned port should be sold to a domestic entity, will explain his country’s stance during trip.

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Australia

Chinese ambassador’s ‘grandstanding’ advice for Australia raises eyebrows

Xiao Qian has criticised some countries that have ‘hyped up the so-called China threat narrative’ and sharply raised their defence spending.

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Climate change

Opinion | Australia should leave politics out of climate collaboration with China

Seeing Beijing solely through a security lens undermines Canberra’s capacity to engage pragmatically on shared environmental interests.

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US-China relations

China must watch out for US-led Quad as tensions fail to dent unity: observers

Cooperation on geopolitical and geostrategic interests seen to be largely unaffected, along with ‘basic strategic choice to counter China’.

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Australia

Opinion | Why Australia should welcome collapse of lopsided Aukus deal

Aukus was a bad deal for Australia when it was signed and even more so now. A US review that could bring the deal to an end is happy news.

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US-China relations

Aukus pact up in the air but US to stay focused on countering China: analysts

The Pentagon is taking another look at its security agreement with Australia and the UK, but is not expected to do away with it entirely.

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Aukus is a partnership between Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom. Photo: Reuters
Aukus alliance

Trump puts submarine pact in rough waters as China touts strength

The Trump administration is reviewing the Aukus submarine accord with the UK and Australia, while Chinese aircraft carriers are charting new courses.

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Donald Trump

Trump admin launches review of Aukus submarine pact with Australia and UK

The move is likely to alarm Australia, which sees the submarines as critical to its defence as tensions grow over China’s military build-up.

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Australia

‘Cannibalised by Aukus’: is Australia risking its defence for future submarines?

From dwindling munitions to personnel shortages, observers warn Australia’s military is becoming ‘brittle and hollowed out’.

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SCMP Exclusives

Exclusive | Australia’s Albanese to meet China’s Xi in Beijing this summer: source

The Australian leader aims to ‘stabilise’ the relationship with China amid the turbulence unleashed by US tariffs, a source told the Post.

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, in 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE
Australia

Opinion | How Australia can use the Trump tariff pause to stabilise ties with China

A clear long-term strategy, reframed political narrative and revitalised people-to-people ties can help mend years of distrust and antagonism.

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Australia

China invested in a lagging Darwin port. Now profitable, Australia wants it back

Xiao Qian says Landbridge Group, which has a 99-year lease, has made significant investments in the port and contributed to the local economy.

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Australia

Re-elected Australian PM heads to Indonesia first to signal Southeast Asia focus

The prime minister’s visit to his ‘good friend’ Prabowo shows that the region is central to Australia’s foreign policy agenda, experts say.

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Australia

No ‘radical changes’ from Australia as Albanese looks to shore up alliances

Canberra expected to continue managing close US relationship as it leans towards boosting ties with Southeast Asia, analysts note.

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Anthony Albanese is the first Australian prime minister in two decades to win re-election Photo: AAP/dpa
US-China relations

My Take | Voters from shell-shocked US allies pick stability over disruption

Rather than left or right-leaning political parties, citizens in Singapore, Australia and Canada chose ‘steady hands’ to navigate geopolitical turbulence.

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Anthony Albanese

China congratulates Australia’s Labor Party on federal election win

Beijing and Canberra are still apart on major strategic issues and no big changes expected, analyst says.

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Australia

‘Dark shadow’: Australia’s new government to shield it from US-China trade war

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the re-elected Labor government’s first priority will be to address the global economic uncertainty.

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Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Photo: Reuters
Asian cinema: Chinese films

How Australian-Chinese movie Guardians of the Tomb reached new lows

This 2018 co-production starring Li Bingbing about deadly spiders in China was poorly made and scripted, earning well below its budget.

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Li Bingbing as Jia, an expert on venomous creatures, in a still from Guardians of the Tomb.
Australia

Opinion | Trump tariff shock should jolt Australia into standing on its own

Breaking away from its long-time ally will be painful for Canberra, but Washington has already taken the first irreversible step.

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China trade

China’s middle class loves avocados. Enter Australia?

After years of lobbying and a costly trade war that battered exports, Australian fruit producers brace for market access.

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Australia

‘That’s not going to happen’: Australia snubs China’s call to unite on trade

‘I don’t think we’ll be holding China’s hand,’ Defence Minister Richard Marles says, adding Canberra wants to diversify its trade.

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A shopper looks at beef products for sale at a supermarket in Sydney. Australia has been slugged with a 10 per cent tariff on goods exported to the US. Photo: AFP
Australia

Sinking feeling: is Australia’s navy ready for a Pacific conflict?

For years, Australia assumed it had time on its side. But experts warn its maritime defences are woefully unprepared for a modern conflict.

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HMAS Parramatta, and Anzac-class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy. Photo: Shutterstock
Australia

Australia to reclaim strategic port from China after election, amid rising fears

The Port of Darwin, under a 99-year lease to Chinese firm Landbridge, is a strategic asset on Australia’s northern coast and home to a US base.

Australia-China trade ties ‘imperative’ as both sides eye prospects, risks

As geopolitical uncertainty and US tariffs reset global trade relations, both sides ‘have to work together’, Australian business council says.

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