AUSTRALIA IN THE ASIAN CENTURY – A series examining Australia’s role in the rapidly transforming Asian region. Delivered in partnership with the Australian government.
Here, Dr Tina Hunter looks at the…
Growing income inequality in China will continue to hamper its transition from a middle-income to high-income country.
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Can the economic rise of new middle-income countries such as China, Brazil, India and even Indonesia continue until they become high-income countries like Australia? Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan…
Chinese airlines are on the rise.
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AUSTRALIA IN THE ASIAN CENTURY – A series examining Australia’s role in the rapidly transforming Asian region. Delivered in partnership with the Australian government.
Here, Professor Brian King crunches…
Australia can learn from US companies such as Mattell about keeping brands Australian, while manufacturing products in China.
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AUSTRALIA IN THE ASIAN CENTURY – A series examining Australia’s role in the rapidly transforming Asian region. Delivered in partnership with the Australian government.
In this instalment, Dr Richard Pomfret…
It's time for policymakers to address Australia's poor record in attracting Chinese investment.
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AUSTRALIA IN THE ASIAN CENTURY – A series examining Australia’s role in the rapidly transforming Asian region. Delivered in partnership with the Australian government.
Today, Dr James Laurenceson asks…
Raul Castro has been looking to China's economic model to relieve Cuba of its stagnant output and mounting foreign debt.
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Dashing the opposition’s hopes, Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Cuba last month ended up resembling that of his predecessor John Paul II fourteen years prior. The island’s leaders emerged from both visits…
Falun Gong protestors outside the Chinese consulate in Sydney in 2008.
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UPDATE: The Chinese nationals have now elected to stay in Australia, where they will seek asylum.
A group of ten Chinese people fleeing persecution in their home country has presented Australian authorities…
We might expect dramatic sex ratio fluctuations when a whole population experiences extreme food shortages.
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People often ask me whether natural selection continues to operate on modern humans in industrialised societies, even though technology has liberated so many from hunger and early death. My answer is always…
Censorship has now caught up with new social media and technology in China.
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This week’s temporary suspension of comments on China’s two largest micro-blogging services Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo highlight the ruling party’s discomfort with social media’s growing popularity…
China will dominate global steel production, but Australia can have a future in high value steel making - if we don't lose our nerve.
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Recently, I met a friend at a conference in Japan. My friend is a specialist in steelmaking technology and, after a long successful career in Japan, had taken up a position in a Chinese Steel company called…
The level of business crime is lower in China than other emerging economies - but bribery and forgery are more frequent than in Australia.
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Few crime victim surveys have been conducted with Chinese populations, but a recently released study, Business and the Risk of Crime in China, analyses the results of the first large scale victimisation…
Talk of a Chinese property bubble has been greatly exaggerated.
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Five years on, the US economy remains sluggish after the bursting of a house price bubble. More recently, the focus has been on China, the world’s second largest economy, and whether it too might be overwhelmed…
Over the space of 25 years, Huawei has shaken off its humble beginnings and transformed into a global telecommunications juggernaut.
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Up until last week, many Australians were probably unaware of Chinese telcommunications company Huawei. But the decision by the federal government to ban Huawei from any involvement in the National Broadband…
Huawei has trumpeted its private-sector credentials, but it is a critical supplier of technology to the People's Liberation Army and has strong links to the CCP.
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In response to the Australian government’s decision to prevent Huawei from tendering for National Broadband Network projects, Huawei Australia went on the offensive. Former foreign minister and current…
The Australian government faces a difficult task in balancing relationships with China and the US.
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The recommendation by intelligence agency ASIO that Chinese telecommunications company Huawei be banned from tendering in the National Broadband Network because of cyber security concerns, raises serious…
Chinese telco giant Huawei's preclusion from tendering for the NBN will have far-reaching implications for investment by Chinese-controlled companies in Australia.
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It will no doubt be surprising to the former Liberal Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, and former Victorian Labor Premier, John Brumby, that they sit on the board of a corporate entity apparently judged…
The viability of Indian villages such as Purushwadi will determine India's prosperity in the future.
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In October 2011, the birth of an unidentified baby marked the seven billionth human. With more than 1.2 billion people and a world-leading national birth rate of about 50 per minute, India is more likely…
The looming joint exit of Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao will significantly affect all aspects of policy.
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As the once-in-a-decade transfer of political power in China looms, the consequences for the country’s foreign policy, economic development, political reform, and military affairs is hard to overstate…
State guidance of the economy is not just a tool for emerging markets, but also for developing economies that wish to maintain their technological advantage.
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As governments rushed in to prop up collapsing economies in response to the 2008 financial meltdown, the myth of free-market capitalism was suddenly put to the test and found wanting. But it has been…
US-China competition could lead to a brighter clean energy future, or a trade war.
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There is a trade war brewing between the United States and China over intellectual property relating to clean technologies – particularly solar power.
Steven Chu, a scientist, Nobel Laureate in Physics…
A slowdown in China's economy is not yet cause for concern in Australia.
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These days, most economic commentators in Australia sing from the same hymn sheet when it comes to discussing our economic prospects: while the ongoing gloom in the US and the outright deterioration in…
Senator Arthur Sinodinos makes his maiden speech earlier this year.
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Welcome to this In Conversation between Liberal Senator Arthur Sinodinos and Macquarie University politics expert Craig Mark.
Sinodinos is a political paradox: he’s the newest member of the Australian…
Despite President Barack Obama's charms, Australia must focus on China.
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Australia’s recent fleeting love affair with President Barack Obama notwithstanding, Australia’s future lies with China and the North, not the Pacific and the East.
This is not simply a matter of economics…
Gillard made ground with Pacific leaders at the APEC summit, but Australia has much work left to do.
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Australia’s future is clearly linked to the dynamism of North Asia and Indonesia, Vietnam and other economies in the region. Yet many significant challenges confront Australia in realising the promised…
Strategic friendships: will Australia's decision to sign up to Obama's Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement impact on our relationship with China?
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The task of simultaneously negotiating our traditional security and cultural ties with the US, and our burgeoning economic relationship with China, can justifiably be described as the “great foreign policy…
Has Australia managed to make the most of our opportunities to tap into the Chinese market?
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I recall attending a World Tourism Organisation [WTO] Conference in Tasmania ten years ago, where it was predicted that China would become the both the largest outbound travel market as well as the largest…
China's government has made a massive investment in research, and student funding. Australia can learn a lot.
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In recent weeks two commentary strands have intertwined and are extremely important to Australia’s future, and with special resonance for the higher education sector.
Beginning with the announcement of…
Chinese students may have a different take on the media, but universities in Australia can learn from them.
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There is a vast difference between how China is reported inside and outside the country. And that extends to how media and communication is taught in China and Australia.
One of my new PhD students, who…
China is becoming a superpower in space as well as on earth.
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In the early hours of this morning, the tranquility of the remote Gobi desert was shattered by the sound of a brand new spacecraft hurtling towards the sky.
The rocket, Shenzhou-8 or “Divine Vessel…
Developing smaller urban areas may mean better employment and living conditions for migrant workers.
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SEVEN BILLION PEOPLE: The world’s seven billionth person is likely to be born today. Beatriz Carrillo Garcia, lecturer in China Studies at the University of Sydney looks at effect a growing population…
It's wrong to assume that China makes no effort to reform its political system because its culture does not support such change.
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The skepticism of contemporary China’s multilayered and painful efforts to achieve legal and political reform makes many wonder if democracy can really grow in the Chinese soil. This is such a haunting…
Opposition leader Tony Abbott has signalled a shift towards Japan in our foreign and trade policy - but is this the right direction?.
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Opposition leader Tony Abbott’s comments in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian newspapers point to a shift in Coalition trade policy that would give Japan higher priority over China.
So why…
Chinese women have always worked, but now they're making waves in business.
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There’s a new generation of women quietly getting things done in China. They are insiders: well connected in the Communist Party, and flourishing in the business world.
In Chinese, capable and shrewd…
By 2050, China's economy is projected to be as large as the US and India combined.
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Opposition leader Tony Abbott has sparked some controversy with his suggestion that Australia’s trade emphasis should be on Japan, rather than China.
Abbott’s suggestion that it would be easier to negotiate…
The East Asia Summit could be a useful start on the road towards a 'concert of powers'.
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AUSTRALIA IN ASIA: In the eighth part of our series, Sandy Gordon of the Australian National University looks at the possibility of an agreement which would draw the key Asian states together.
The CIA…
Despite strong export data, Australia's trade relationship with China isn't as developed as we think.
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AUSTRALIA IN ASIA: In the seventh part of our series, James Laurenceson looks at the challenges in doing business with China.
The headline numbers surrounding Australia’s exports to China make for impressive…
Julia Gillard has to strike a balance between forging meaningful links with Asian countries, and managing relationships with older allies.
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AUSTRALIA IN ASIA: In the third part of our series, former diplomat Alison Broinowski of the Australian National University examines our rocky relationship with our Asian neighbours.
“Australia hasn’t…
Julia Gillard could play a pivotal role in ensuring Asia's security, and improve Australia's economy in the process.
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AUSTRALIA IN ASIA: In the second of our series Nick Bisley of La Trobe University examines the responsibilities Australia must take on to ensure security in Asia.
Asia’s economic powerhouses are booming…
Italy's Silvio Berlusconi wants closer ties with China - but Europe shouldn't believe this will save the EU.
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Earlier this week, reports emerged that Italian finance officials had held talks with their Chinese counterparts regarding the possibility of China making significant purchases of Italy’s public debt…
An appreciation of China's currency would benefit the US, but is it really in China's interests?
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In a speech in Sydney earlier this week, World Bank President, Robert Zoellick, lent his support to an appreciation of the renminbi (RMB).
As has become the norm, this support was couched in terms of…
China may appear strong now compared to the troubled US, but still lags behind in technology and per-capita wealth.
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Europe is on the decline. The US has its own problems. Meanwhile, China and India appear strong. But is it too soon pick the next global superpower?
In this Q+A, Professor Geoffrey Garrett, CEO of the…
As a new global financial crisis looms, Australia shouldn't overestimate its dependence on China.
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Amidst the widening global financial turmoil, a strong Chinese economy is certainly one positive for the Australian economy.
But should we believe it is only factor that will save the day? The answer…
Car ownership is tightly regulated in Chinese cities such as Shanghai.
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How often do we hear the argument that Australia’s moves to limit carbon emissions will achieve nothing unless China finally takes some action?
This fails to recognise that China’s city mayors, the government…
Pacific nations participated enthusiastically in the Shanghai Expo last year.
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China’s relations with its Pacific neighbours are nothing if not complex. Its trade in the region quadrupled between 1999 and 2006. And if it delivers all of the promised resources, it will become second…
Designer shopping in China can lead to an experience like no other.
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China’s phenomenal economic growth during the last three decades has significantly altered its pattern of social stratification. One of the most equal countries in the world has become one of the most…
China can easily rouse its banks, but awakening its consumers will be tougher.
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West Australian Premier Colin Barnett’s bold claim on Friday that his state was looking “over the horizon” past Canberra to forge stronger links with China capped off a few weeks of strong rhetoric from…
Ambassador Geoff Raby and Kevin Rudd need to build a resilient relationship with China.
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“To speak Chinese is not to know China,” our man in Beijing announced this week. “Many examples can be found of people who speak Mandarin to a high level but who do not understand how China works. They…
Our relationship with China has been marked by misunderstandings and spats.
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Prime Minister Julia Gillard returned from her visit to China last month having locked down a series of cooperation agreements between countries – including a $600 million iron ore deal – which many hope…
Australia has little to fear from China's latest five-year plan.
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There are two main fears about the possible implications for Australia in China’s latest five-year economic plan, but in reality, we have little to worry about.
In fact, Australia has much to gain from…
