China’s President Xi Jinping meets Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas in Beijing on June 14, 2023.
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Beijing’s tone on the Middle East crisis has shifted since Hamas’s initial attack, becoming increasingly pro-Palestinian.
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There are limits around what Australia might hope to achieve and what it should expect in Beijing, but there is room for cooperation.
A Belt and Road Initiative’s bridge being built over L. Victoria, Tanzania.
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Areas such as artificial intelligence, green development, e-commerce, and tech cooperation have been added.
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Wednesday’s September-quarter figures, showing inflation is still uncomfortably high, set off speculation about whether the Reserve Bank will increase interest rates again
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The forum made it clear that Russia is increasingly becoming a client state for China.
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In this podcast, senior fellow from the Lowy Institute and expert on Asia Richard McGregor joins The Conversation to canvass the prime minister's coming trip to China.
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South-East Asia is anxious about the Ukraine war’s impact on regional economies. For New Zealand, that presents more pressing geopolitical priorities than confronting China.
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China is seeking not merely to resist but to dismantle a foundational idea of the post-Cold War international order – the universality of human rights.
XV BRICS Summit Open Plenary Session in Johannesburg
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The disparate nature of the six prospective members is bound to spark debate about the real nature of Brics.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) shake hands with Chinese Presiden Xi Jinping.
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Following deteriorating relations with the West, Russia has shifted focus to Asia, and hold China to help expand its influence.
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With a visit to NATO in July, and a decision due on joining the AUKUS security pact, Chris Hipkins’ visit to China has been well timed to avoid any further provocations.
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When is a dictatorship not a dictatorship? When you’re a New Zealand prime minister and you’re due to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping, that’s when.
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Australians remain deeply concerned about China as a long term potential military threat
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Both sides have stressed the importance of dialogue in order to avoid confrontation. Can relations between the two continue to improve?
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, talks with Chinese president Xi Jinping from his office in Kyiv.
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A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
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France is one of a growing number of countries urging a negotiated settlement to the war mediated by China.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping after taking part in the closing session at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Indonesia in November 2022.
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Canada should examine Australia’s diplomacy-focused approach to China as it battles foreign interference.
Popular will: a protest in Warsaw for peace in Ukraine.
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Ukraine is hinting it may be prepared to talk, with conditions. Here’s what both sides could learn from the Northern Ireland peace process.
Zambia president Hakainde Hichilema and US vice-president Kamala Harris in Lusaka.
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President Hichilema’s self-styled ‘chief marketing officer’ approach has unlocked new investments from a diverse mix of partners.
A woman wrapped in the Ukrainian flag shouts through a megaphone during a demonstration in front of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, in March 2022.
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The International Criminal Court’s charges against Vladimir Putin are likely to have a minimal impact on him, but it does signal that wartime atrocities have consequences — and the world is watching.