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If reports are true, the ‘ban’ is less of a final break than a negotiation tactic. It is China’s way of showing Australia the old rules no longer apply.
Both countries are committed to what will be the first dialogue since 2021 when China suspended talks over the “belt and road initiative”.
China made it much harder for money to leave the country in 2017. Our study looked at Sydney home prices before and after that crackdown – and these are the suburbs where we found prices changed.
The lesson to draw from our conflict over China policy is not that Australia is having trouble identifying its national interest, but that there’s really no such thing as a single national interest.
military watch-dog Neil James on Afghanistan, China, and Peter Dutton
Michelle Grattan discusses the Australian military with executive director of the Australia Defence Associate, Neil James.
China is changing, and it’s time Australia’s coal exporters faced up to this reality.
It’s not clear how individuals are being targeted. And while they’re mostly high-profile people, that doesn’t mean there’s no lesson for the average person to take away.
As diplomatic relations worsened in recent years, people-to-people ties remained strong. Now, however, it appears even academics and journalists are becoming ‘pawns’ in a great diplomatic tussle.
Michelle Grattan discusses the week in politics with Professor Paddy Nixon








