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Monica Attard witnessed the death throes of the USSR – and the birth of a brave new world – as the ABC’s Russia foreign correspondent. In 2022, a return to an Orwellian regime looms.
If anything, Brisbane has long-mirrored the broader Queensland rebellious streak when it comes to politics.
Biden’s suggestion that the US is prepared to intervene militarily if Taiwan was invaded was quickly walked back by White House officials.
Opportunities for social mobility, rather than simply economic incentives, have generated emigration from China to countries like Ghana.
The Games are a potent political symbol of the Chinese state’s ambitions and authority.
How many Americans really have lost touch with reality?
The stakes are high for China as WHO teams arrive to investigate the origins of the coronavirus. Beijing has presented a success story to the world — and will not accept any criticism.
China’s attacks on Australia may seem over the top, but they are meant to achieve specific goals — playing to a nationalist domestic audience and making an example of Australia to the world.
Many African American women have run for president of the US, despite the enormous barriers facing both Black and female candidates. Biden’s pick puts a Black woman much closer to the Oval Office.
China’s leader is facing one of the greatest challenges of his presidency. But the extent of China’s controls almost rule out monumental change – or Xi taking accountability for his mistakes.
The Chinese government is accused of reacting too slowly to the health crisis and silencing its critics. Now, the public is angry and wants party leaders to be held accountable.
With serious questions being raised about Liu’s possible links to United Front organisations in Australia, a dark cloud could continue to hang over both her and the Liberal Party.
United Front’s mission is to unite those who can help the Communist Party achieve its goals and neutralise its critics. This includes many influential members of the Chinese diaspora.
The book, Marxism and Freedom was written in 1958. Yet, it remains relevant today.
The most important political event of 2017, the 19th Chinese Communist Party Congress, has concluded. And while there was much to digest, one image above all stands out: Xi Jinping’s political dominance…
China’s surplus of unmarriageable men poses a stark dilemma for Xi and other leaders as they set the country’s economic course for the next five years.
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 killing of six army generals on October 1, 1965, became a pretext to destroy Indonesia’s communist party.
The SACP is the oldest communist party in Africa, formed in 1921. It is one of only 20 parties which survived the anti-communist purge post independence. Its membership went through cycles over years.
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University Fellow in Law, Charles Darwin University
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Assistant Director for the Paul and Marcia Wythes Center on Contemporary China, Princeton 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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Professor of Asian History, Australian National University
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Professor, University of Newcastle
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Professor in the Department of Economics, UCL
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Professor in Political Science, University of South Africa
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Senior Lecturer in History, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor in China Studies, University of Technology Sydney
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Dean of the Media School, Indiana University
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Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Emerson College
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China researcher, Macquarie University
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Professor of Political Science, Drake University
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Sharon D. Wright Austin is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Political Science, University of Florida
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Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
