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Cheng Lei has spent three years in a Beijing jail. This is her message to Australia
“This is a love letter to 25 million people and 7 million square kilometres of land, abundant nature, beauty and space.”
- by Eryk Bagshaw
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‘Another positive step’: Chinese tour groups to return to Australia
Beijing has issued a new list of approved travel destinations. The decision follows a three-year hiatus and come despite threats of a long-term boycott.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
No quick fix as China’s economy sinks into deflation
Despite $20 billion in trade strikes over the past four years, the superpower remains Australia’s largest export market and a key engine of economic growth.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Australian miner’s exit from Myanmar feared fuelling rogue junta
After the brutal 2021 military coup, the company decided to exit the troubled country and change its name, offloading its majority share in the mine.
- by Chris Barrett
‘They tried to protect Beijing, so they sacrificed Zhuozhou’
To avoid flooding China’s prized technology firms, the government chose to devastate communities elsewhere. Residents can barely contain their frustration.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Daniel Ceng
Exclusive
Abducted in Japan
‘Extremely painful’: Canberra calls for action from Tokyo on Japan’s abducted children
Foreign Minister Penny Wong and opposition foreign affairs spokesman Simon Birmingham said they wanted children to be reunited with their Australian families.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Opinion
South China Sea
Why Putin is losing his war, and Xi is winning his
Putin chose to launch a kinetic war to expand his territory. Xi chose “grey zone” warfare – distinctly aggressive, but without firing a shot.
- by Peter Hartcher
Son of Thailand’s king makes shock return after decades in exile
Vacharaesorn Vivacharawongse had not set foot in the country since being banished in the mid-1990s in the fallout of his mother’s divorce from the then crown prince.
- by Chris Barrett
Train derailment sprawls carriages across tracks in Pakistan, dozens die
Expressing grief over the loss of life, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif prayed during a political gathering for the souls of the departed.
- by Asim Tanveer
‘Hedonism and perversion’: Coldplay gets cold shoulder of Malaysia’s Muslim party
The rise of the hardline Pan-Malaysia Islamic Party has coincided with controversies like the cancelling of a music festival after a British singer kissed his male bandmate on stage.
- by Chris Barrett
China blocked, water-cannoned boat in South China Sea, says Philippines
The Chinese coast guard’s “dangerous manoeuvres” prevented a boat from completing a routine troop rotation and resupply mission, the Armed Forces of the Philippines said.
- by Reuters