China
In just 48 hours, I ate my way through the highlights of a stopover favourite
We pull up a seat at the city’s most legendary dining tables, charting a course through luxury and local legends in just two days.
- Ben Groundwater
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State of anxiety: As Trump and Xi circle each other, Taiwan is on edge
With Taiwan’s relationship with its most important security partner in flux, the island’s existentialist fears are coming back up to the top.
- Matthew Knott
- Opinion
- AUKUS
Truth submerged? AUKUS will cost us $368 billion, so this is no time for secrecy
Secrecy in policy development is rarely justified – and it certainly isn’t for AUKUS, our eye-wateringly expensive defence deal with the US and UK.
- Carmen Lawrence
- Opinion
- Trade wars
There’s a new front in the global trade war, and Trump’s not part of it
Europe is considering steps to stem the flow of imports from China ravaging its manufacturing industries. Beijing has warned it will retaliate.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- North Korea diplomacy
The Chinese president has arrived in North Korea. The world is watching
Xi Jinping has arrived in Pyongyang for talks with Kim Jong-un. Much hinges on this.
- Peter Hartcher
The mysterious database that provides clues to China’s foreign surveillance
The discovery of an unsecured Chinese policing dashboard paints a picture of how authorities track foreign journalists and other people of interest.
- Lisa Visentin
How do you remember a massacre that’s been scrubbed from the history books? Very carefully
More than 100,000 people used to cram into a Hong Kong park to remember the Tiananmen massacre. This year, some found a defiant way to continue their vigil.
- Lisa Visentin and Jessie Pang
- Opinion
- AUKUS
The big, unspoken issue that drives our strong feelings about second-hand submarines
There is a fundamental frustration that AUKUS seems to be something that just happened. We woke up one morning and there it was. A surprise to the Australian people, a surprise to France, a surprise to Labor.
- Waleed Aly
Chinese spies infiltrate LinkedIn with fake profiles and job offers, Five Eyes allies warn
An unprecedented joint notice was issued about the threat of attempts by Beijing to use networking sites and online job platforms to recruit assets.
- Alex Wickham
- Opinion
- AUKUS
Would you buy a used submarine from Pete Hegseth? First, a history lesson
Australia’s record of buying used naval boats is chequered, to say the least. Its decision to acquire three second-hand nuclear-powered submarines carries real risks.
- Clive Williams