China’s new anti-espionage law is sending a chill through foreign corporations and citizens alike
December
The PRC's strategic culture and its effects on alliance relationships
December
As the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has risen to great power status, its international representation has also shifted. From being viewed as having the potential to be a ‘responsible great power’, it is now characterised by the United States as a strategic threat. This has led to a number of states, particularly US allies in the Indo-Pacific, becoming concerned as to how they should understand both the PRC's objectives and the means it will employ to achieve its goals.
The China-Russia partnership after Prigozhin’s mutiny: The view from Beijing
December
A Chinese comedian’s Xi joke and the lucrative market for patriotism
December
Book launch – ‘The Chinese Corporate Ecosystem’
December
Many Australian and international policymakers and commentators have expressed deep concern about the expansion of Chinese corporations overseas. They are especially uneasy about Chinese firms being utilised as tools to serve Chinese Communist Party (CCP) goals.
Wandering Earth II: Can hard Chinese science fiction be a source of soft power?
December
By Marina Zhang
Note: This article appeared in the Australian Institute of International Affairs’ blog, Australian Outlook, on February 24 2023.
Why Xi Jinping’s China will clamp down harder on domestic criticism
December
How nationalism and xenophobia drive China’s ‘zero-COVID’ policy
December
The transition to carbon neutrality in China and its impacts on Australia
December
As the world’s largest developing country, China is marching towards ambitious climate goals of achieving peak carbon by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060. Given that China is the largest buyer of Australia’s iron ore and one of the largest buyers of Australia’s coal and liquefied natural gas (LNG), such climate efforts could be expected to impact Australia profoundly. This chapter examines how China’s transition to carbon neutrality will affect the Australian economy at the national and state levels and by industry.