Espionage routinely plays out between countries like the US and China. But a public spectacle like the Chinese spy balloon can change the game.
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The long-awaited plan for Australia to get nuclear-powered submarines is expected next month, as are recommendations from a major strategic review into our defence force.
Far from Canada being back as a major player on the world stage, its presence has been diminished under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The demand for donkey hides to produce ejiao has led to a shortage of donkeys in China and increasingly worldwide.
With more than 100 lunar missions planned in coming years, space junk near the Moon could become an issue for humanity. No agency tracks lunar space junk, so two astronomers decided to do it themselves.
The agreement lets the US expand its access across military bases in the Philippines, unfolding a new chapter in the countries’ long military history.
While human spies are the best-known way nations collect intelligence, there are several methods countries can use to spy on one another.
Every country has sovereignty over their own airspace and permission must be sought by foreign aircraft entering that airspace.
A Chinese high-altitude balloon violated U.S. airspace, a serious enough breach to nix a high-level diplomatic meeting in Beijing. The balloon itself, however, was not much of a threat.
China is expanding its relationship with the Taliban as a way of addressing its needs for increased energy supply.
Japan’s traditional mafia organisation, the yakuza, has become almost respectable, leaving space for more violent Chinese gangs to muscle in on their turf.
As President Biden begins meeting with congressional leaders to resolve the debt ceiling showdown, an economist warns the consequences of a default could be dire.
There have been concerns that lunar new year may cause the current wave of COVID infections in China to spread much further and faster. But the worst has likely passed.
Both sides have reason to find common ground, says a group of energy and climate policy analysts.
The repeated lesson from other countries is that the loss of immunity and the appearance of new variants make herd immunity a futile goal when it comes to COVID.
China’s birth rate hit a record low in 2022.
One scenario has China’s population halving by the end of the century, another has it falling by two-thirds.
For the first time since 1961, deaths in China have outpaced births – and unlike that one-year decline, the downward trend is likely to continue.
School officials are becoming increasingly wary of TikTok amid concerns that the app poses a risk to student safety and privacy and makes the nation vulnerable to spies.
China have been overestimated or deaths have been underestimated. Whatever the case, China’s massive COVID surge and expected Lunar New Year travel could raise risks for other countries.
Top contributors
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Adjunct professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University., La Trobe University
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Director of China-Indonesia Desk, Center of Economic and Law Studies (CELIOS)
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor Emeritus, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University
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Adjunct Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Faculty (Japan Campus), Temple University
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Brock University
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Distinguished Professor, Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, & Interim Head, Department of Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Senior Lecturer, International Law; Asian Business Law, Monash University
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Professor and Associate Dean (Education), University of Nottingham
