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Australia
Letters
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The wisdom of Australia’s fresh approach to China
Readers discuss why Canberra must keep its foreign policy options open, private DSE candidates in Hong Kong, and driverless vehicles for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge.
22 Jul 2025 - 11:30AM
Australia
Opinion
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Australia should not sabotage its own efforts to boost ties with China
21 Jul 2025 - 5:30AM
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Ex-Australian PM to address China’s ‘economic coercion’ at US House committee
19 Jul 2025 - 5:38PM
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Taiwan
Albanese China trip shows ‘stiffening of Canberra spine’ in face of US pressure
Beijing rolled out the red carpet for the Australian leader this week and the two sides appeared to keep a lid on tensions.
19 Jul 2025 - 6:43AM
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Australia
Opinion
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How Australia’s China ties can help advance its national interests
Albanese must convince more Australians to accept that Canberra’s alliance with the US is important but not the defining feature of its foreign policy.
18 Jul 2025 - 10:03PM
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Australia
Editorial
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Common interests the basis for stronger China-Australia relations
Neither a port controversy nor any third-party interference cast a shadow over the trade and business focus of Albanese’s trip to China.
18 Jul 2025 - 7:15AM
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Australia
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Australian PM Albanese talks pandas and trade deals in China
17 Jul 2025 - 6:33PM
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China trade
Exclusive
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On Australian PM’s visit to China, the 2 nations ‘hold back’ on disputes
Source says two sides have decided to step back from Darwin Port controversy amid trade tensions with US.
17 Jul 2025 - 12:22PM
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Xi hails ‘turnaround’ in China-Australia relations as PM Albanese visits
Chinese leader said the two countries had overcome a series of ‘setbacks’ and stressed the importance of ‘equal treatment’.
15 Jul 2025 - 8:41PM
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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.
14 Jul 2025 - 5:34PM
Electric & new energy vehicles
CATL, BYD partner with BHP to electrify Australia’s mining industry
The Chinese firms will collaborate with BHP on battery development for mining equipment, locomotives and rapid charging infrastructure.
14 Jul 2025 - 6:01PM
The Philippines
China trade or Philippine defence ties? Why Australia attempts to balance both
While seeking stable ties with its largest trading partner, Australia must also ‘maintain credibility as a regional stabiliser’, analysts say.
14 Jul 2025 - 9:48AM
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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.
17 Jul 2025 - 1:51PM
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Australia
Exclusive
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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.
7 Jul 2025 - 6:32PM
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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.
5 Jul 2025 - 10:00AM
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Climate change
Opinion
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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.
3 Jul 2025 - 9:46PM
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’.
2 Jul 2025 - 11:40PM
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Australia
Opinion
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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.
17 Jun 2025 - 4:30PM
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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.
14 Jun 2025 - 9:28AM
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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.
12 Jun 2025 - 5:00PM
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.
12 Jun 2025 - 6:13AM
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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’.
10 Jun 2025 - 10:13AM
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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.
5 Jun 2025 - 10:41PM
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Australia
Opinion
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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.
27 May 2025 - 9:30AM
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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.
26 May 2025 - 5:04PM
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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.
13 May 2025 - 5:47PM
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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.
10 May 2025 - 9:30AM
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US-China relations
My Take
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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.
8 May 2025 - 12:37PM
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