China relations
‘Trust but verify’: Biden warns Albanese on risks of dealing with China
The US president also said he believed the Congress would back the AUKUS agreement on nuclear-powered submarines.
- by David Crowe
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Albanese quotes Biden’s late son in White House speech
The prime minister will use a key address to highlight the strength of the alliance with the US, two weeks before he pays a visit to China
- by David Crowe and Farrah Tomazin
Australian winemakers ready to rekindle ties with Chinese customers
The Australian wine industry has received its clearest signal yet that it is one step closer to resuming regular trade with what was once its largest market.
- by Jessica Yun
Analysis
Analysis
After ending the freeze with Australia, China fancies joining trade bloc
After three years, all but one of half a dozen exports caught up in $20 billion in trade strikes by the Chinese government have been given an official reprieve.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Australia reaches wine deal with China, PM sets dates for Beijing trip
Australia’s long-running dispute with China on wine tariffs is close to ending ahead of a trip to Beijing by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
- by Shane Wright, Carolyn Webb and Amelia McGuire
Security experts criticise decision to leave Port of Darwin in Chinese hands
The 99-year lease of the Port of Darwin by Chinese company Landbridge will remain in place after security agencies found systems existed to manage the risk.
- by James Massola and Rachel Clun
1000 nuclear warheads by 2030: China’s arsenal is getting bigger faster, says US
A new report warns that China may be pursuing a new intercontinental missile system using conventional arms that could threaten continental US, Hawaii and Alaska.
- by Tara Copp and Lolita C. Baldor
King crabs and cars: Behind Xi and Putin’s challenge to the West
The city of Vladivostok is at the centre of a blossoming relationship that has overcome decades of mistrust because of a common enemy.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Opinion
Trade wars
America takes dead aim at China’s plan for global AI domination
Xi Jinping’s plan for global mastery of artificial intelligence and supercomputing is about to collide with the hard reality of American power as the US escalates its semiconductor war against China.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Global intelligence chiefs lash China’s ‘sanctioned’ theft of intellectual property
ASIO boss Mike Burgess also took the rare step of rebuking China even as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese prepares to visit later this year.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Matter of minutes: Why Cheng Lei did not see her family for three years
The Australian journalist’s comments are the first time she has revealed the reasons for her detention in August 2020.
- by Eryk Bagshaw