A formal resolution off Australia's complaint about Chinese barley tariffs will likely take years. But at least it starts a structured process for dialogue.
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Michelle Grattan discusses the political week that was with Professor Paddy Nixon
Australia can't remake China into a completely different country. Instead, we need to see it as a challenge to be managed — not an enemy.
The first batch of returning international students are due to fly in this weekend, but Australia has a lot of work to do to maintain its pre-COVID share of the global education market.
A Biden presidency promises a return to multilateral trade agreements. But it remains to be seen how it approaches the World Trade Organisation.
After a disastrous few years under the Trump administration, Australia must find a way to confront China on bullying behaviour while seeking its co-operation on climate change and trade.
Australia has less to fear from China's trade threats than some might think.
Australia's increasingly fractious relationship with China has taken another blow after the 'Quad' meeting in Tokyo.
Australian universities face a huge revenue hit from falling international student numbers due to COVID-19 and tensions with China. Some institutions should consider merging rather than downsizing.
Unlike the US, Australia hasn't yet been hit by a large-scale disinformation campaign focussed on meddling with elections. But this is a 'realistic prospect' moving forward.
Scott Morrison has made a diplomatic blunder in leading the push for an inquiry into the origins of coronavirus. There is much at stake, and he now needs to find a diplomatic way out.
The call to examine Australia's dependance on China has also brought to light, in a dramatic fashion, the full extent of China's diplomatic behaviour
Despite veiled threats from the Chinese government, and the desire in some parts of the Australian community for a split, China and Australia need each other.
Australian city councils appreciate the social and educational benefits of having Chinese sister cities. Gaining new markets and attracting tourists and investment have proved more challenging.
Launching journalist Peter Hartcher's Quarterly Essay, Red Flag: Waking up to China's challenge, Rudd said “we have become too China-dependent. We need to diversify further".
By (very unusually) confirming the investigation, ASIO boss Mike Burgess gives credibility to the Nine story that made the claim.
Amid debate about China's refusal of visa to two federal MPs, former PM Paul Keating denounced the media for 'failing to present a balanced picture of the rise, legitimacy and importance of China'.
Morrison stressed “that we will never feel corralled into any sort of binary assessment of these relationships” - assessments that said “pro-United States or pro-China”.
Focusing on China policy in a Monday address - released ahead of delivery - Penny Wong says Australia needs to 'define the boundaries' of its engagement with China as the relationship is in a new phase.
In its mirroring of the US position, the government is indicating it believes China needs to have its wings clipped, while Labor has taken a different view.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-chancellor's fellow, La Trobe University
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Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Law, University of Newcastle
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Lecturer, University of South Australia
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Associate Professor of International Politics, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in International Business, School of Management, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in Criminology, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Chinese Business and Management, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, School of Management, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications, Swinburne University of Technology
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PhD research candidate, Business, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies, University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor and member of Herbert Smith Freehills CIBEL Centre, Faculty of Law and Justice, UNSW Sydney, UNSW
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