Wild cards and the Trump card
December
Will Australia join South China Sea FONOPs? Don’t count on it
December
By James Laurenceson
Note: This article appeared in The Council on Foreign Relations’ Asia Unbound blog, March 2 2017.
How will the Australia-China relationship adapt?
December
By James Laurenceson
Note: This article appeared in The Council on Foreign Relations’ Asia Unbound blog, February 15 2017.
Reality check: Australia’s China shift came before Trump
December
Asia has opted for diplomacy on sea disputes
December
Trump’s trade war on China would be unwinnable
December
By James Laurenceson
Note: This article appeared in the Australian Financial Review, February 7 2017.
It's time for Australia to get ready for a trade war between the United States and China.
Xi Jinping may be preaching trade, but China’s opening up has slowed
December
Note: This article originally appeared on The Conversation, January 18 2017.
When it comes to offering global economic leadership, the divergence in narrative and optics coming from the US and China could hardly be starker.
China isn't Australia's biggest trade problem: it's the US
December
Note: This article originally appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, November 30 2016.
One of the more bizarre sights in Australian politics in the coming months may be watching local Donald Trump wannabes trying to use our economic ties with China to fan popular discontent.
Australia, China, and the lunacy of Trump's talk of a trade war
December
By Bob Carr
Note: This article originally appeared in The Guardian, November 12 2016.
It was only a matter of time. It was inevitable.
It says something about human nature, too.
Private property developers are really driving China’s debt: new research
December
Note: This article originally appeared on The Conversation, October 28 2016.
China has a debt problem. But research shows that it’s not the industrial sector or state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to blame but the booming private property market.