China
China’s population keeps falling. This is why
The generation of women born in the era of the Chinese Communist Party’s one-child policy are having few, if any, children.
- by Lisa Visentin
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Oil
Bleeding billions: The oil cartel is losing control of the market
The world is overflowing with oil, and OPEC has failed in its latest attempt to stop prices tumbling.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Take that, Apple: China’s Huawei unveils its $4200 ‘trifold’ phone
Just hours after Apple launched its latest iPhone, China’s Huawei made a bid to steal the spotlight.
- by Meaghan Tobin and John Liu
China’s foreign minister who ‘disappeared’ amid scandalous rumours re-emerges
When China’s foreign minister Qin Gang mysteriously disappeared from public view his fate became the subject of intense speculation and wild rumours. None was true.
- by Ellen Nakashima and Christian Shepherd
‘Like a horror movie’: powerful typhoon hits tourist hot spots, several dead, hundreds injured
Typhoon Yagi has killed at least four people and injured dozens of others in Vietnam after making landfall near Ha Long Bay. Hundreds of planes were grounded in Hong Kong and Hanoi.
- by Zen Soo and Aniruddha Ghosal
‘Two bowls of poison’: Why China dreads both Trump and Harris
The future of the US relationship with Beijing has been a backseat issue in the presidential campaign, but neither result bodes well for Xi Jinping.
- by Lisa Visentin
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US Votes 2024
US national security adviser reveals new plan for Australia to help curb Chinese dominance
In an exclusive interview inside the White House, Jake Sullivan revealed details of a new scheme he ranks as a top priority for the Biden administration.
- by Peter Hartcher
Ex-aide to NY governor charged with acting as Chinese agent
Federal prosecutors said that while working in state government, Linda Sun blocked representatives of the Taiwanese government from meeting with officials.
- by Luc Cohen
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Science
Concerns raised over Australians doing research on ethnic minorities in China
Australian researchers have collaborated with Chinese colleagues on several studies involving Uyghurs in Xinjiang, but this has thrown up questions about consent and ethics.
- by Liam Mannix
Australia joins US to condemn China’s aggressive Coast Guard tactics
Footage shared by Philippines officials at a press conference showed a Chinese boat “directly and intentionally rammed the Philippine vessel”.
- by Paul Sakkal
‘Must be a mistake’: Pacific leaders remove Taiwan from document after China complaint
A traditional communiqué released at the end of the Pacific Islands Forum on Friday has enraged China so much, a new one was quietly reposted on Saturday.
- by Kirsty Needham