Relax, losing access to China won't make us the 'poor white trash of Asia'
Sep 10, 2020 09:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
In another round of the increasingly bitter exchanges between China and Australia, a columnist for Chinas Global Times, Yu Lei, suggested that a further decoupling from China will make former Singapore Prime Minister Lee...
Shots fired in the Himalayas: a dangerous development in the China-India border standoff
Sep 10, 2020 09:03 am UTC| Politics
In the midst of all the stories about Chinas oppression in Hong Kong and Xinjiang and its expulsion of foreign journalists, a recent clash on its border with India may pose the greater threat to Asian security. For the...
US-China decoupling and coronavirus: why 2020 upheaval won't kill globalisation
Sep 10, 2020 08:58 am UTC| Insights & Views
The sudden stop of the global economy in 2020 has brought to everyones attention the interconnectedness of supply chains across countries and continents. Add to this the mounting tensions between the US and China, with...
Breaking the law over Brexit: how the UK is playing dirty in EU talks
Sep 10, 2020 08:54 am UTC| Politics
The UK government seems to be doubling down on threats to leave the European Union without a deal unless the EU gives in on issues of state aid and fisheries. These two concerns are as important in Brussels as they seem to...
Sep 09, 2020 07:13 am UTC| Insights & Views
The forced departure from China of leading Australian journalists Bill Birtles of the ABC and Mike Smith of The Australian Financial Review robs Australia of direct coverage of events in the vast nation for the first time...
The China-US rivalry is not a new Cold War. It is way more complex and could last much longer
Aug 27, 2020 08:05 am UTC| Politics
The author will be leading on online discussion through La Trobe University today on the threat of a new Cold War between China and the US, with former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and China Matters director Linda Jakobson....
S. Korea to extend anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese, Malaysian plywood
Aug 21, 2020 01:14 am UTC| Economy
South Korea would extend its anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese and Malaysian plywood products for five years due to concerns that lifting the existing barriers would cause dumping into the local market. Based on South...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects