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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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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 […]

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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) […]

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Investing pitfalls

Nine common mistakes investors make and economist Shane Oliver’s view on how to avoid them 12 February 2021 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital (Image: Kraken Images) Mistake #1 Crowd support indicates a sure thing “I will tell […]

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Seven Charts for 2021

Market observations as Australia and the world grapples with a second year of COVID-19 18 January 2021 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital (Image: Adam Nowakowski) My view is that while shares are vulnerable to a short term […]

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Canberra’s helping hands

Whilst vocal politicians, security agencies and think-tanks are trumpeting the China threat, and enacting laws to ward off supposed Chinese influence, Canberra is working hand-in-hand with lobbyists representing corporate interests 22 January 2021 | Adam […]

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The China bubble that never pops

Sinophrenia was a term coined to label the somewhat schizophrenic condition where pundits believe China is simultaneously poised to suffer an economic crash and poised to take over the world. Former Australian ambassador to Beijing, […]