‘Follow the Party forever’:What does it take to get into the Communist Party of China?
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‘Follow the Party forever’:What does it take to get into the Communist Party of China?

The CCP is integral to life in China but getting in isn’t easy,and staying a member is a life’s work. What are the benefits? And who’s really in charge?

  • byEryk Bagshaw

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Labor figures warn party to reconsider approach on Australia’s sour Beijing relations

Leading figures within Labor’s Right faction say Australia should use the United Nations to pressure Beijing on human rights and seek greater trade alliances with India and Korea.

  • byRob Harris
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Government’s China hawks lash Albanese’s comments over Beijing dispute

Some of the federal government’s fiercest China critics say Labor leader Anthony Albanese is undermining the national interest with comments on Beijing.

  • byRob Harris
Huawei? No way! Why Australia banned the world’s biggest telecoms firm

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China-backed Confucius Institutes face closure under veto laws
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China-backed Confucius Institutes face closure under veto laws

The University of Sydney is among at least four universities to have registered their Confucius Institute contracts under the Commonwealth’s new foreign veto scheme.

  • byLisa Visentin
A Chinese Communist Party watcher in Parliament tweeted 42,000 times. Now he’s been told to take a break

A Chinese Communist Party watcher in Parliament tweeted 42,000 times. Now he’s been told to take a break

An article published on a little-known blog about a prolific tweeter has raised questions about Chinese Communist Party influence,free speech and Australia’s defamation regime.

  • byNick Bonyhady
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‘A day to pack up our lives and get out’:journalist Bill Birtles on fleeing China

‘A day to pack up our lives and get out’:journalist Bill Birtles on fleeing China

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‘Bundles of cash’:AFP considers referring former Labor staffer to prosecutors over money laundering

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  • byCarrie Fellner
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‘Targeted attack’:Artist abused as ANU-based gallery takes down artwork critical of Chinese government

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‘Ramped up dramatically’:Universities,ASIO working more closely than ever on foreign interference

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  • byLisa Visentin
HSBC’s CEO ‘aiding and abetting’ China’s crackdown in Hong Kong:British MPs

HSBC’s CEO ‘aiding and abetting’ China’s crackdown in Hong Kong:British MPs

Britain opposes China’s national security law and says it is in breach of the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration,which frames Hong Kong’s sovereign status.

  • byLatika Bourke