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The World According to China

The World According to China

Following the recent 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), China will likely accelerate efforts to transform the rules-based world order in its favour. Read more...
Australia's China Odyssey

Australia's China Odyssey

As Australia’s new government attempts to reset the country’s troubled relationship with China, James Curran’s new book reminds us that there have always been ups and downs in the relationship. Read more...
Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party

Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party

Neither Xi Jinping nor the Chinese Communist Party are as all-powerful and domineering as they might seem. Read more...
Daring to Struggle: China's Global Ambitions Under Xi Jinping

Daring to Struggle: China's Global Ambitions Under Xi Jinping

The more contested strategic relationship between China and the West will likely only deteriorate in the period ahead. Read more...
What lies ahead for China and the US?

What lies ahead for China and the US?

Could a framework for “managed strategic competition” minimise the dangers of a catastrophic conflict between the US and China? Read more...
Tianjin

CHINESE CONTAINER PORTS

Glen Robinson argues that the international container ports in China are among the best in the world. Read more...
Joe Biden

Is US leadership really in decline this time?

Michael Pembroke offers a scathing criticism of America’s postwar foreign policy, in his new book, “America in Retreat: the decline of US leadership – from WW2 to Covid-19”. Read more...
Biden and Xi

Where Is the US-China Relationship Heading in 2022?

The relationship between the U.S. and China is complicated. Yet, the countries remain economically entangled. John West explains how the countries' dynamic may evolve in 2022.
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Jasper Becker

Covid-19's murky origins

The origins of COVID-19 are rather murky, as Jasper Becker argues in “Made in China.” We need an independent inquiry COVID-19 that also examines America’s cooperation with China on coronaviruses. Read more...
Aukus

AUKUS makes waves for the Indo-Pacific regional order

John West reports from Australia on the enhanced trilateral security partnership called “AUKUS”, between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Read more...
Dr Li Wenliang R.I.P

COVID-19 — China’s crime of the century

Will we ever know the exact origin of COVID-19?  In all likelihood, no, never.  But a growing body of evidence points to a negligent “lab-leak” being the most likely cause.
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NKIU 2018

How China Loses: The Pushback Against Chinese Global Ambitions

Middle powers and developing countries are pushing back against China’s overreach such that China is unlikely to command influence over global affairs.
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China, Australia to boost economic, education exchanges

Australia’s China challenge

Within the space of just a few years, Australia's strategic partnership with China has disintegrated, and there is little hope it can be salvaged in the near future.
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China, Australia to boost economic, education exchanges

Book Review: China Panic: Australia's Alternative to Paranoia and Pandering

David Brophy’s new book, China Panic, offers a nuanced and insightful analysis of the deterioration of Australia’s relations with China. Read more...
Hong Kong

‘The great decoupling’

Nigel Inkster’s new book is that he traces China’s long-term technological development in the broad context of China’s history, civilisation and evolving identity. Read more...
Xi Jinping

Book Review: China Coup: The Great Leap To Freedom

Roger Garside predicts that China’s strongman leader Xi Jinping will soon be removed from office in an internal Communist Party coup. Read more...
One-child policy

Can China’s three-child policy solve its demographic dilemmas?

Changes in China’s birth control policies do not address real concerns, writes John West. Read more...
Secretary Kerry Poses for a Photo With Dr. Biden, Vice President Biden, Chinese President Xi, and His Wife, Peng Liyuan

Turmoil In The Indo-Pacific

The Indo-Pacific is in turmoil, argues John West. Read more...
EPA_CHINA COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS

The Chinese Communist Party celebrates – but for how long?

Lavish centenary celebrations marked 100 years of the CCP, but they mask several internal tensions and insecurities, writes John West.
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china iphone

Book Review: Decoding China’s Export Miracle

Participation in global value chains has been the key factor driving China’s exports and economic development, according to Professor Yuqing Xing's new book, as reviewed by John West. Read more...