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Analysis of free trade agreements with New Zealand, the US and Thailand show these failed to boost Australian agriculture and food imports.
Outdoor air pollution causes 3.3 million premature deaths a year, mainly in Asia. And without policies to cut particulate pollution from traffic, industry and home biofuels, the deaths could double by 2050.
More than 3m people die from air pollution each year, according to a new study but China is awake to the problem.
When you scrape below the surface it’s not hard to see that ‘culture’ is the wrong answer to almost every question.
Sanctions against Russia and China would only escalate cyber-attacks, when what’s needed is international agreement.
The housing and housing affordability crisis will not be solved by a clamp-down on one group of buyers.
Having a Queen is a distinct business advantage, particularly due to reverence for the monarchy in new and emerging markets like China.
The biggest factor behind the recessionary trend is not the Chinese market, austerity budgets, or even the threat of higher US interest rates this year.
Many people outside China find it hard to understand its obsession with history. Appropriately enough, however, a little historical context can help to explain this. China has had more recorded history…
Much of the world still lacks access to proper sanitation and clean water - an issue that needs urgent action. But without low-carbon technologies, clean water could come at the expense of the climate.
It would be wrong to see China’s role in the second world war as a story of the powerful West coming to the rescue of a hapless Chinese nation.
For the past two centuries, Australia got many of the big calls on global engagement right. In our third century, there are worrying signs that we have not fully grasped what the rise of Asia means.
Over the past 60 years, China has experimented extensively with policies and programmes to encourage the growth of rural enterprises. Africa could do well by following in these footsteps.
We should not panic over the events of the last week. But slowing growth in China and concerns over “secular stagnation” in advanced economies present huge challenges.
Trade policy is usually the eye-glazing preserve of policy wonks and public officials. Suddenly, however, it’s the epicentre of a debate that tells us much about the difficulties facing political parties…
Back in 2001, a Goldman Sachs economist said Brazil, Russia, India and China would become the powerhouses of the global economy in the coming decades. Is that still in the cards?
The Chinese stock market plays a very different role in its economy to Western markets.
China’s slowdown will cast a long shadow for global economic growth from the Americas to Australia.
Contrary to Western views, China is in Africa for business. Between 1998 and 2012, about 2000 Chinese firms invested in 49 countries on the African continent.
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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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Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Adjunct Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Faculty (Japan Campus), Temple University
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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
