Foreign affairs

JD Vance and the PRC

December

On July 15 2024, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump named junior Ohio Senator JD Vance as his running mate at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A former ‘Never Trumper’ turned Trump supporter[1] and dubbed by some the epitome of the ‘New Right’,[2] the 39-year-old has been serving as senator since January 2023.

Australia-China Energy Transition Forum: Electrifying Tomorrow - Advancing Cooperation in the Industrial Chain of Electric Vehicles | LIVESTREAM

December

The need to address climate change and engage in sustainable development is becoming more urgent and represents major challenges on a global scale. Given Australia and China’s pivotal roles in addressing these issues, the Australia-China Energy Transition Forum (ACETF) has been established as an annual platform dedicated to facilitating discourse and collaboration in this critical domain.


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Why are Cheng Lei’s shades of grey not newsworthy?

December

By Wanning Sun

Note: This article appeared in Crikey on July 11 2024.

‘When a weasel makes a courtesy call on a hen’: A ‘pro-China’ Dutton and Chinese-Australian voters

December

By Wanning Sun

Note: This article appeared in Pearls and Irritations on July 9 2024.

Mega-thinktanks have one dangerous thing in common

December

By James Laurenceson

Note: This article appeared in The Canberra Times on July 7 2024.

TikTok tensions are a new front in US–China tech wars

December

By Wanning Sun and Marina Yue Zhang 

Note: This article appeared in the East Asia Forum on June 29 2024.

Making sense of Xi’s claim that the US is ‘goading’ China to invade Taiwan

December

By Corey Lee Bell

Note: This article appeared in The Diplomat on June 27 2024.

Why Dutton is flying in the face of the China hawks

December

By James Laurenceson

Note: This article appeared in The Australian Financial Review on June 26 2024.

China hawks predictably attacked the Albanese government for being too soft on Beijing during Premier Li Qiang’s visit to Australia last week.

In conversation with Cheng Lei and Nick Coyle | LIVESTREAM

December

During People’s Republic of China (PRC) Premier Li Qiang’s recent visit to Australia, business-to-business and people-to-people ties were the focus.


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Are China–Australia relations ‘back on track’ after Li’s visit?

December

By Elena Collinson 

Note: This article appeared in The Saturday Paper on June 22 2024.

The Chinese premier’s four-day visit to Australia showed both countries’ leaders endeavouring to walk out of the shadows of earlier tensions – but their memory lingers uncomfortably in the public and policy debate.