They may not be co-ordinated, nor linked in any way. But two events in Asia over the next week will help define Australia’s political and security environment for the next period. First is the convening…
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The upcoming Chinese Communist Party’s 19th National Congress will see one of the biggest turnovers of China’s military elite since the founding of the country.
Next week, the Communist Party of China will commence its 19th National Party Congress, where its leadership and policy agenda for the next five years will be announced.
No-one knows quite how things will play out, but most likely Xi will bend the norms of the party to allow him to place enough supporters in key posts without completely upending the system.
The cyberthreat from China is one more of espionage than destruction. And it’s changing – perhaps even lessening.
China is probably no more fond of the North Korean regime than the Americans are, but it is walking a fine line between managing both nations and ensuring its own continued rise.
Investment is essential to African economies, but it can bring risks.
China’s Xi Jinping has a crucial political manoeuvre to execute at home – and North Korea has stolen the limelight.
The sub-imperial formation called BRICS, which pretends to be a progressive global force could be divided by a series of crises.
The future direction of the Chinese Communist Party will be decided at this year’s National Congress. The leader may not change but there are key roles up for grabs.
Never mind NAFTA – Canada’s quiet efforts to boost trade with China should be ringing alarm bells given Chinese human rights abuses, and raises questions about whether Beijing has demanded secrecy.
It’s more important than ever that the U.S. understand China. So why don’t our universities teach Chinese thought?
China is North Korea’s biggest trading partner by far, giving the former a great deal of leverage over the behavior of its neighbor.
European countries are competing against Brussels and each other for China’s affections. And that is undermining the EU.
Action on climate change is now increasingly in China’s hands, and the decisions the country’s leaders make in the next decade will have a profound global impact.
David Petraeus argued there’s more continuity than change in Donald Trump’s foreign policy.
The comparison between ancient Athens and modern China, and Sparta and the US, through the Thucydides Trap, has its limitations.
UPDATED Will reports of China’s increased militarisation in the South China Sea upset the delicate waltz between Washington and Beijing?
As President Trump pulls the US out of the Paris climate accord, China is cutting pollution and dominating clean energy manufacturing. Now it can claim global leadership for those actions.
While China has so far secured support from a number of governments for its Belt and Road Initiative, the recent forum in Beijing also highlighted some obstacles to its advancement.
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