Chinese-owned vineyards in France for sale at knockdown prices

Chinese-owned vineyards in France for sale at knockdown prices

Between 2008 and 2014 Chinese investors bought up dozens of Bordeaux estates and gave them new names like Imperial Rabbit or Gold Rabbit. Then everything changed.

  • byVivian Song

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Keating says Australians ‘utterly at odds’ with Labor on US-China

Keating says Australians ‘utterly at odds’ with Labor on US-China

The former prime minister leapt upon poll results showing most Australians want to avoid picking sides in any conflict between the United States and China.

  • byMatthew Knott
Trump’s touted tariffs threaten to sweep up Aussie lobsters

Trump’s touted tariffs threaten to sweep up Aussie lobsters

Many economists are concerned a new trade war between the world’s two biggest economies will have flow-on consequences for Australia.

  • byLisa Visentin
Australia hopes to dazzle Chinese buyers with surf and turf

Australia hopes to dazzle Chinese buyers with surf and turf

“It doesn’t get any better than this,” the Trade Minister Don Farrell remarked,framed by the city’s shimmering high-rise skyline.

  • byLisa Visentin
Xi’s grandiose plan for the Asia-Pacific is not working. Kevin Rudd knows why

Xi’s grandiose plan for the Asia-Pacific is not working. Kevin Rudd knows why

China’s foreign policy,particularly in this region,often appears contradictory. But according to the former PM,it’s part of a broader but so far unsuccessful strategy.

  • byPeter Hartcher
In the job seven days,Asia’s newest leader is already standing up to China
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In the job seven days,Asia’s newest leader is already standing up to China

Prabowo Subianto hadn’t even lived a day of his presidential honeymoon period when China started harassing a state-owned ship. What’s it all about?

  • byZach Hope
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How a Trump win would embolden China,and isolate Australia

How a Trump win would embolden China,and isolate Australia

Donald Trump’s restrained world view would,if he wins the US election,offer an effective thumbs-up to China’s military ambitions. The consequences for the region could be catastrophic.

  • byPeter Hartcher
On the defence,China lashes Australia’s ‘racism and hate crimes’
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On the defence,China lashes Australia’s ‘racism and hate crimes’

It was a furious response to an Australian-led effort at the United Nations voicing concerns about Beijing’s human rights record in Xinjiang and Tibet.

  • byLisa Visentin andDavid Crowe
New Zealand’s biggest pivot since the 1980s
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New Zealand

New Zealand’s biggest pivot since the 1980s

A Royal New Zealand Navy transit through the Taiwan Strait underscores a big shift in foreign policy under Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.

  • byThe Economist
Australia entering biggest moment on the world stage,says top historian

Australia entering biggest moment on the world stage,says top historian

Sir Niall Ferguson says Australia’s influence will be crucial in the West’s attempts to curtail China.

  • byPaul Sakkal
China’s big fiscal stimulus package is coming

China’s big fiscal stimulus package is coming

The value of the country’s exports grew by 2.4 per cent last month,way short of the 8.7 per cent growth experienced in August.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz