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China’s unfinished road
China’s Belt and Road Initiative is a work in progress; what it is, and does, means different things to different people, including those within China tasked with driving the policy 11 March 2021 | Jon […]
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ASPI, sycophancy and the deepening corruption of Australia’s strategic mindset
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute is riding high with its Executive Director Peter Jennings giving evidence before a US Congressional commission on China. Apart from the Australian Defence Department, the US government is far and […]
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Chinese diaspora a bridge not an enemy
Despite links that extend back more than two centuries, the Chinese community in Australia is often viewed with suspicion. Not only is much of that suspicion not founded in reality, it can work against national […]
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No room for yellow elephant
Whether or not it was the author’s intentions, the Lowy Institute’s “Being Chinese” report has already been used in some narrow quarters, particularly on social media, to further marginalise Chinese-Australians. Kingsley Liu, lawyer and President […]
Business
Big End of Town’s hands all over JobKeeper
A former spy heads up Australia’s foreign investment review board, there’s government inquiries into foreign interference, think tanks, ‘academics’ and a band of federal MP’s screaming our sovereignty is under siege… while the big of […]
Finance
Economist explains Bitcoin
Bitcoin, it’s not a currency, it’s not a capital asset, so AMP Capital Chief Economist asks what this valuable (and volatile) asset really is? 5 March 2021 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital The title may seem a […]
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Being Chinese in Australia: the good, the bad and the ugly
Chinese-Australian community leaders have cautioned a number of the findings of a Lowy Institute report into the Chinese-Australian diaspora have been left wide open to interpretation and its findings could be used to further marginalise […]
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Please put a face to this name
Western reports on COVID-19 have overwhelmingly been produced under a simple banner of ‘China’. It’s a homogeneous label that ignores the human face of Chinese people everywhere. 27 February 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein Like almost […]
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The shadow of Mao remains
The English translation of, Chinese author, Yang Jishenng’s latest book shows the Cultural Revolution still has a hold over China’s leaders writes Professor Kerry Brown 18 May 2020 | Professor Kerry Brown (Image Marcus Reubenstein) […]
Economy
Wages grow from a low base
ABS data shows Australian wages increased in the December quarter but don’t read too much into the figures 24 February 2021 | Staff Writers Figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show […]
Economy
Corporate earnings bounce but markets drift
Global share markets were mixed over the last week with concerns about the impact of rising bond yields on equity market valuations, particularly for high PE tech stocks, weighing on confidence 22 February 2021 | Shane […]
News
Residential property market resilience
Over 2,000 homes taken to auction across the combined capital cities 22 February 2021 | CoreLogic report There were 2,094 homes scheduled for auction across the combined capital cities this week, up from 1,496 over […]
Economy
IMF warning on social unrest
If history is an indicator the social consequences of COVID-19 may be every bit as concerning as its economic fallout 20 February 2021 | Philip Barrett, Sophia Chen, Nan Li (IMF) In 1832, the great […]
Economy
Job data not all good
The latest release of official Australian unemployment figures shows a good rise in full time employment but the number of paid hours worked has fallen 18 February 2021 | Staff Writers The Australian Bureau of […]
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Propaganda by any other name
Scott Morrison and his government constantly proclaim they will stand up to China and stand with nations who “share our values” but when it comes to Party promotion their values are strikingly similar to communist […]