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  • 6 Apr 2017
    • China
    • The Trump Presidency

    The Trump-Xi meeting: A view from China

    Shen Dingli
    China would feel more assured if Xi’s American host would repeat his support for the One China policy.
  • 6 Apr 2017
    • China
    • Russia

    Quick comment: Bobo Lo on China-Russia relations

    Sam Roggeveen
    This week the Lowy Institute launched its latest Penguin Special, 'A Wary Embrace'. The author, Dr Bobo Lo, sat down with me to talk about future China-Russia relations.
  • 5 Apr 2017
    • China
    • Russia

    Russia and China: A long way from a fully-fledged partnership

    Peter Rutland
    In a world of growing complexity and uncertainty, the Russo-Chinese relationship is not sufficiently robust to serve as a stabilising force.
  • 4 Apr 2017
    • China

    Lam’s election a jolt back to reality for Hong Kong

    Vivienne Chow
    Lam’s relative unpopularity means she will face a tough road ahead the moment she is sworn in on 1 July, also the 20th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China.
  • 4 Apr 2017
    • China
    • Russia

    Sino-Russian relations: Historical secrets and modern ambitions

    Kyle Wilson
    Many Russians know that most Chinese know that in the 1860s, tsarist Russia acquired 1.4 million square kilometres of Chinese territory.
  • 31 Mar 2017
    • China

    The new Chinese diaspora

    John Lee
    The skills these individuals pick up in Western countries help to plug gaps created by well-known shortcomings in China’s education system and corporate culture.
  • 22 Mar 2017
    • China-Australia Relations
    • China

    Li’s Australia visit: ‘Nothing to be afraid of’

    Merriden Varrall
    China wants to use the visit to try and clear up a few 'misunderstandings' with Australia.
  • 21 Mar 2017
    • China
    • The Trump Presidency

    Dear foreign policy elite: You’re obsolete

    Crispin Rovere
    Anyone who thinks that Tillerson’s quiet deal-making style signals a new kind of appeasement towards Beijing simply isn’t paying attention.
  • 20 Mar 2017
    • China's Government
    • China

    China’s National People’s Congress needs to demonstrate vision

    Kerry Brown
  • 3 Mar 2017
    • China
    • North Korea

    Understanding China’s suspension of North Korean coal imports

    Adam Cathcart
    How should we understand the motivation behind China’s decision to cut-off imports of coal from North Korea?
  • 28 Feb 2017
    • China
    • Japan
    • The Trump Presidency

    Quick comment: Seiichiro Takagi on China, Trump and Japan-Australia relations

    John Gooding
    Yesterday afternoon Euan Graham spoke with prominent Japanese Sinologist Seiichiro Takagi.
  • 22 Feb 2017
    • China

    ‘Striking hard’ with ‘thunderous power’: Beijing's show of force in Xinjiang

    Michael Clarke
    Beijing appears either unwilling or unable to perceive that its hard line in Xinjiang is providing fertile conditions for the extremism it so fears.
  • 17 Feb 2017
    • China

    The 'China Solution': Beijing responds to Trump

    David Kelly
    As Trump gets down to making America great again, China senses a geopolitical windfall.
  • 22 Dec 2016
    • China

    Explaining China’s involvement in the South Sudan peace process

    Aly Verjee
    Most analyses of China’s relations with South Sudan begin and end with oil, but this is far from the whole story.
  • 31 Oct 2016
    • Asia
    • China

    What's next for Xi Jinping?

    Merriden Varrall
    There has been considerable speculation about whether Chinese President Xi Jinping might be secretly planning to extend his time in power.
  • 12 Sep 2016
    • South China Sea
    • China
    • Russia

    Russia over a South China Sea barrel

    Euan Graham
  • 6 Sep 2016
    • South China Sea
    • China
    • Saudi Arabia

    Did Saudi Arabia just side with China on the South China Sea?

    Anthony Bubalo
  • 26 Aug 2016
    • South China Sea
    • China
    • Energy

    Floating nuclear plants and safety zones: Another looming problem in the South China Sea?

    John Lee
  • 4 Aug 2016
    • South China Sea
    • China
    • Philippines

    The Philippines considers the price of victory in South China Sea

    Lowell Bautista
  • 21 Jul 2016
    • United States
    • South China Sea
    • China

    Poker, chess and Go: How the US should respond in the South China Sea

    Crispin Rovere
  • 19 Jul 2016
    • South China Sea
    • China
    • Philippines

    South China Sea ruling sweeps away diplomatic ambiguities

    Tim Johnston
  • 15 Jul 2016
    • South China Sea
    • China
    • PCA South China Sea ruling
    • Philippines

    South China Sea: A course-correction needed

    Stephen Grenville
  • 11 Jul 2016
    • South China Sea
    • China

    How to respond to China's 'salami tactics' in South China Sea

    Derek Lundy
  • 1 Jul 2016
    • Australia in the World
    • South China Sea
    • Australia
    • China

    Both Coalition and Labor weak on South China Sea freedom of navigation

    Benjamin Herscovitch
    Beyond aid spending and asylum seekers, foreign policy rarely rates a mention in Australian election campaigns.
  • 19 May 2016
    • South China Sea
    • China
    • Philippines

    The South China Sea issue and Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte

    Lowell Bautista
  • 6 May 2016
    • South China Sea
    • China

    The real danger in the South China Sea is repeating assumptions until they become truth

    Merriden Varrall
  • 18 Apr 2016
    • South China Sea
    • China

    South China Sea: Reconciling Washington's policy debate with effective responses

    Ashley Townshend
  • 14 Apr 2016
    • South China Sea
    • China

    Is history repeating itself with Beijing's 'great wall of sand' in the South China Sea?

    Marie-Alice McLean-Dreyfus
  • 12 Apr 2016
    • South China Sea
    • China
    • Philippines

    Air power in the South China Sea: Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines

    Henrik Paulsson
  • 4 Apr 2016
    • South China Sea
    • China

    Is Beijing's militarisation of the South China Sea really 'defensive'?

    Collin Koh Swee Lean
  • 1 Apr 2016
    • South China Sea
    • China
    • Indonesia

    The domestic politics of Jakarta's South China Sea policy

  • 29 Mar 2016
    • South China Sea
    • China
    • India

    What India thinks about the South China Sea

    Darshana Baruah
  • 23 Mar 2016
    • South China Sea
    • China
    • Philippines

    Philippines vs China in South China Sea: Tough talking could box China in

    Merriden Varrall
  • 26 Feb 2016
    • South China Sea
    • China

    South China Sea: Beijing is winning, but here's how to retake the initiative

    Peter Layton
  • 5 Nov 2015
    • Public Opinion
    • China

    Double trouble: China's bid to increase birth rate is no sure thing

  • 21 Aug 2015
    • Public Opinion
    • International Public Opinion
    • China

    How did the Chinese media react to the Tianjin explosions?

  • 17 Jun 2015
    • Public Opinion
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • International Public Opinion
    • Australia
    • Australia and Asia
    • China
    • Public Opinion Polling

    Lowy poll shows that values matter in foreign policy

    Merriden Varrall
  • 11 Mar 2015
    • Public Opinion
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Regional relationships
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Australia and Asia
    • China
    • India
    • Public Opinion Polling
    • China-India Relations
    • E-diplomacy

    Under the Dome and India's Daughter: Documentaries stir powerful online reaction in Asia

    Danielle Cave
  • 8 Oct 2014
    • Public Opinion
    • China

    Why do so many Chinese expect war?

    Julian Snelder
  • 21 Aug 2014
    • Public Opinion
    • International Public Opinion
    • China

    Hong Kong's twisted political pathology

    Julian Snelder
  • 12 May 2014
    • Public Opinion
    • Asia and Pacific
    • International Public Opinion
    • China

    Why is Hong Kong unhappy?

    Julian Snelder
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