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

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

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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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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
China at two speeds:Flying cars,moon trips and millions struggling to survive

China at two speeds:Flying cars,moon trips and millions struggling to survive

Beneath the country’s rising tide of prosperity and modernisation are 300 million workers on whose poor backs the country is being transformed.

  • byLisa Visentin
Missing for months,China’s axed top diplomat has turned up. Or has he?

Missing for months,China’s axed top diplomat has turned up. Or has he?

A veil of murkiness continues to hang over the fate of China’s ex-foreign minister Qin Gang,who has not been seen in public since June 2023,even amid fresh reports this week that he had been demoted to a low-level publishing job.

  • byLisa Visentin
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Chinese spy plane breaches Japan’s airspace

Chinese spy plane breaches Japan’s airspace

Japan lodged a formal protest with the Chinese government,summoning the Charge d’Affaires of the Chinese embassy in Tokyo.

  • byLisa Visentin
Videos critical of China harder to find on TikTok,study finds

Videos critical of China harder to find on TikTok,study finds

In a survey conducted alongside the study,people who used TikTok for three hours or more daily were significantly more positive about China’s human rights record than non-users.

  • byAlicia Clanton andAisha Counts
Albanese wants a ‘stable’ relationship with China. This expert thinks he’s smoking dope

Albanese wants a ‘stable’ relationship with China. This expert thinks he’s smoking dope

As China continues to extend its programs of global reach,even into Latin America,democracies need to be alert to Beijing’s active exploitation of chaos.

  • byPeter Hartcher
The Sydney property developer chasing $28 million in stolen cash

The Sydney property developer chasing $28 million in stolen cash

Tina Zou redeveloped luxury units across Sydney. Now she is embroiled in a dispute over millions of dollars in Hong Kong linked to an espionage case involving a dead Royal Marine in London.

  • byEryk Bagshaw,Lisa Visentin andDaniel Ceng
‘It’s good news’:Scientists suspect history about to be made in China

‘It’s good news’:Scientists suspect history about to be made in China

Evidence is mounting that some time over the past few months,China’s greenhouse gas emissions peaked. If so,it is likely that a global decline has begun.

  • byNick O'Malley