1 Jul 2024
China’s spluttering growth engines
The distortions of Beijing’s unbalanced growth model are coming home to roost.
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13 May 2024
Made in Australia meets China’s export juggernaut
China’s irrepressible appetite for Australian resources will severely complicate the country’s manufacturing renaissance. -
8 May 2024
The Philippines and the Digital Silk Road
China is shaping the emerging digital landscape in Southeast Asia, reflecting a wider competition. -
28 Mar 2024
Mind the gap: China’s megaproject promises fall short of reality in Southeast Asia
Debt, delay and deteriorating ties between China and its infrastructure partners have led some to go it alone. -
15 Mar 2024
Shipping and the great shrinking waterways
With droughts a more regular feature due to climate change, the globe needs a big rethink on supply chains. -
11 Dec 2023
Don’t let China veto Australia’s ties with Taiwan
Canberra should not let increased trade and political engagement with Taipei be held hostage to Beijing’s sensitivities. -
22 Nov 2023
Why is Myanmar’s new deep-sea port such hot property?
An alternative route to the Strait of Malacca offers China, and others, a safer, faster and more efficient trade route. -
26 Oct 2023
Beijing’s interest in the Middle Corridor
An economic gateway through Central Asia could provide China a much less messy trade route to Europe. -
16 Mar 2023
Economic diplomacy: unlocked Laos looks for new links
The once isolated and landlocked nation has become an unlikely partner in Australia’s latest push into the region. -
23 Jan 2023
How will China’s punitive trade restrictions against Australia end?
Good vibes could turn into a solution – but if China demands a quid pro quo, reaching agreement will be complex. -
14 Jan 2022
Whoever controls the spice, controls the universe
From missile guidance systems to electric car batteries, China’s domination of rare earths has global implications. -
23 Dec 2021
Pakistan and China: An unhappy union in Gwadar
Protests against Beijing’s strategic investments in Balochistan are only the latest in a long line of grievances. -
23 Sep 2021
Can the China model be accommodated in the CPTPP?
A rules-based trading system is the bare minimum that Beijing must agree to if it wants to talk accession. -
27 Jul 2021
When the chips are down: Biden’s semiconductor war
Export controls on US semiconductor tech into China didn’t stop with Trump. -
9 Mar 2021
Endorsing “self-reliance”, Beijing raises the geopolitical stakes
The “dual circulation” strategy announced at the National People’s Congress could shift global economics and politics. -
9 Sep 2020
Debunking the myth of China’s “debt-trap diplomacy”
Never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence. -
20 Jul 2020
Social credit: The next China risk for Australian business
Continuous monitoring via technology raises numerous questions and will bring unforeseen consequences. -
9 Nov 2018
Decoupling from China: cutting the Gordian Knot
Expecting a coordinated global divorce with China is imprudent – it may also be impractical. -
12 Feb 2018
China’s cobalt conundrum in Congo
Joseph Kabila’s power grab and violence in Congo may disrupt China’s vital cobalt supply. -
18 Jan 2018
Economic diplomacy brief: Trump turns global, Pacific aid, Chinese tourism, and more
It appears China’s economic policy-making elite (if not always Xi Jinping himself) like the certainty and stability of the Bretton Woods system. -
20 Dec 2017
Xi saves sea slugs on the sea floor
Exploring the murky depths of Papua New Guinea’s sea cucumber trade to China.