Fighting back

There can be no return to a trusting ‘win–win’ relationship with Beijing at the same time as we are being spied on and robbed blind by its hackers. It’s time to fight back.

Red zone

Peter Hartcher’s new book provides a forensic analysis of the deterioration in the Australia-China relationship, with insights and insider information to support his argument that Australia needs to toughen its protections against China.

Standing up to China

It is not racist or ‘anti-Asian’ to oppose China’s bullying affronts to human rights and the international rule of law.

China’s actions, not Australia’s words, are the problem

Naming the problem is a prerequisite to finding a solution and so a ‘country agnostic’ approach to the causes of regional insecurity is not credible and distorts public debate.

Closing Australia’s China policy gaps

The policy shift that has been underway since 2015 recognises that Australia’s previous policy can’t work in a world where China is asserting its power so overtly in ways that bring security and strategic differences into the foreground.

Australian clarity, Chinese bluster and Kiwi equivocation

Australia’s strong stance against Chinese bullying stands in stark contrast to New Zealand’s increasingly mealy-mouthed approach.

Federal government quashes Victoria’s foreign deals

Foreign Minister Marise Payne has used new powers to end Victoria’s controversial trade agreements with China, Syria and Iran.

In the shadow of the dragon

Sebastian Strangio’s new book argues the emergence of a more powerful and belligerent China poses the most serious foreign policy challenge that the Southeast Asian region has faced in a generation.

China fights for every drop of water

China’s mega-dams are badly affecting other Asian nations dependent on natural river flows.

Supply chains critical to Taiwan’s security

While communist China works to isolate Taiwan in preparation for invasion, Taiwan’s vital importance to global technology supply chains offers another reason for the west, and the USA in particular, to defend it from attack.

The long winter ahead

The recent freeze in relations between Australia and China seems set to continue, with uncertain results for this country.

Judicial repression in Hong Kong

Communist China’s remorseless strangulation of freedom in Hong Kong extends to its courts as well as politics and security.