Lobster comeback is another sign of diplomatic thaw

Lobster comeback is another sign of diplomatic thaw

China’s decision to reopen their market to exports of live Australian markets ends years of confusion for the local industry.

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My hunt for smuggled Aussie lobster in downtown Beijing

My hunt for smuggled Aussie lobster in downtown Beijing

After years of purgatory,the humble Australian rock lobster will make a triumphant return to banquets in China in the new year. Though,depending on who you ask,it never really left.

  • byLisa Visentin
Xi’s robocops and driverless cars leaving young people behind
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Inside China

Xi’s robocops and driverless cars leaving young people behind

Xi Jinping’s modernisation agenda aims to transform China into a high-tech superpower. At a job fair in central Beijing,the future isn’t so promising.

  • byLisa Visentin
China’s $20b Australian trade war over as lobster trade resumes

China’s $20b Australian trade war over as lobster trade resumes

Australia’s lobster exports are the last commodity to remain barred from the massive Chinese market.

  • byLisa Visentin andMike Foley
Why so many millionaires are fleeing China,by hook or by crook. Or by jet-ski
Opinion
Opinion

Why so many millionaires are fleeing China,by hook or by crook. Or by jet-ski

The rich and the connected have been doing it for years,getting out while they can before the political situation turns against them.

  • byPeter Hartcher
Are EVs at risk of being hacked? And will Chinese EVs be banned?

Are EVs at risk of being hacked? And will Chinese EVs be banned?

The US has banned Chinese vehicle technology from its roads and some say Australia should follow suit.

  • byDavid Swan
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A divided Congress,seeing red on China’s gains,finds a reason for unity

A divided Congress,seeing red on China’s gains,finds a reason for unity

Despite partisanship over Donald Trump,the Supreme Court and immigration,voting patterns in Congress still show Democrats and Republicans can work together on one key issue.

  • byChris Zappone
Chalmers’ visit a welcome sign of better ties with China
Editorial
Editorial

Chalmers’ visit a welcome sign of better ties with China

After a hostile hiatus,top-level economic dialogue between China and Australia is a positive step in a relationship that supports tens of thousands of jobs.

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Chalmers likes China’s economic stimulus plans but lobster still not on the menu

Chalmers likes China’s economic stimulus plans but lobster still not on the menu

Speaking in the Chinese capital on Friday after meetings with local officials,the treasurer said Australia had “a lot at stake” when it came to China’s economic slowdown.

  • byLisa Visentin
China vows to fix housing market as Chalmers arrives to learn Australian fallout

China vows to fix housing market as Chalmers arrives to learn Australian fallout

Chalmers’s arrival in Beijing on Thursday for two days of meetings,the first visit by an Australian treasurer in seven years,coincided with a flurry of economic activity in China.

  • byLisa Visentin
A case study in sin:The rise and fall of Sihanoukville

A case study in sin:The rise and fall of Sihanoukville

Pleading eyes,empty rooms and abandoned construction sites – the once-glittering rivers of gold have run dry.

  • byZach Hope