The Australia-China relationship involves walls and whispers, as well as all the rhetoric about trust and respect.
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Interviews with Chinese executives confirm the political debate about China is creating feelings of being unwelcome and apprehensive about investing in Australia.
Anxiety about China’s rise is unlikely to abate any time soon – Australia needs to remain calm and realise the region is changing rapidly.
Michelle Grattan speaks with Deep Saini about the week in politics.
The Coalition reels from its 30th consecutive Newspoll loss, while Australia’s relationship with China comes under pressure.
The reports are speculative at best, but that hasn’t stopped a torrent of over-wrought commentary on Chinese military expansion and the potential threat to Australia.
China scholars disagree on the extent of Chinese influence on Australian politics – but it may be there are more points of agreement than most scholars realise.
The author of the controversial Silent Invasion argues it’s not the book, but the reaction to it, that has highlighted something troubling in Australian intellectual life.
Clive Hamilton’s book is perhaps a useful reminder that we must not be naïve about our relationship with China, but his prescription is the wrong direction for tackling the genuine issues he raises.
Official Chinese editorials give an insight into Beijing’s reaction to the stories swirling around about Chinese influence – and it’s not good news.
The Sam Dastyari episode underscores the need for clear-cut rules to prevent those with links to foreign governments from using money to influence the political process.
Australia’s foreign policy white paper acknowledges a disrupted global security environment in which power relationships are shifting.
Li’s visit has not answered the central conundrum of Australian foreign and security policy, but it has provided an opportunity to get the measure of Chinese thinking at a senior level.
Rarely do we see such unscripted individual honesty on difficult topics such as doping, right in the middle of arguably the biggest international sporting stage.
Top contributors
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Tony Walker AM is a Friend of The Conversation.Director, La Trobe University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (UTS:ACRI), University of Technology Sydney
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Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Head of analysis, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of Technology Sydney
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Postdoctoral Fellow in China Studies, Australian National University
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Professor of International Law, Australian National University
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Honorary Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Public Ethics, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Chinese Business and Management, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of International Relations, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
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Professor, Centre of Policy Studies and the Impact Project, Victoria University
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University