Premier Li Qiang has vowed to push ahead with transforming China’s economic growth model as he announced a new target of 5 per cent.
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s security crackdown has been paired with an ideological campaign to bring the People’s Republic back to its socialist roots ahead of the National People’s Congress.
Di Sanh Duong has become the first person found guilty under Australian foreign interference laws after he tried to put in place a plan to influence then-minister Alan Tudge.
The president of Palau Surangel Whipps says Beijing is pursuing its interests aggressively across the region and has called on Australia to intervene as the US falters.
Former state security man turned dissident academic Yang Hengjun may pay the ultimate price for going against his one-time masters.
The Albanese government is trapped in its own construct of “stabilising relations”.
Beijing’s national security laws aimed to wipe out dissent in the democratic enclave of Hong Kong. Now they have neutered Nicole Kidman in the Amazon series Expats.
Papua New Guinea will assess if a Chinese offer duplicates security and policing assistance already being offered by Australia and the US,its foreign minister said.
Donald Trump’s re-election could have significant implications for Taiwan and the Asia-Pacific.
China has complained about Australia congratulating the new Taiwanese president on his election victory,but Taiwan’s top diplomat in Canberra says this is bullying.
In a rare public split with Taiwanese officials,the Australian government has rejected those claims,saying the detention centre remains open.