Inside China
Australian among 14 convicted in Hong Kong under national security law
It’s the former British colony’s biggest national security case under a law imposed by Beijing that has all but wiped out public dissent.
- by Lisa Visentin
Latest
The exiled Chinese tycoon with links to Trump’s inner circle accused of $1.5 billion fraud
The case involves the intriguing background and wealth of Guo Wengui, a billionaire who amassed a strong following criticising the Chinese government.
- by Ava Benny-Morrison
Opinion
G7 summit
Named and shamed: The West just turned up the heat on China and Russia
It was an eventful meeting of some of the world’s leading finance ministers at a resort town in Italy.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Global economy
Xi and Putin’s love-in is an ominous sign for the West
Russia and China have traditionally treated each other with mutual suspicion and loathing. But now they are closer than ever.
- by Liam Halligan
Opinion
Global economy
It’s defend yourself, or get crushed by China’s export tsunami
An open world economy cannot exist with a deformed Chinese economy that accounts for 13 per cent of global consumption but produces 31 per cent of all manufactured goods.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Opinion
Trade wars
The US sends the world a China warning
The US wants a united front with Europe to respond to a flood of cheap imports from China, arguing the consequences of not doing so will be damaging.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Xi Jinping
China just unveiled a ‘ground-breaking’ fix for its property crisis. It’s not enough
Three years after China’s property sector started imploding, Xi Jinping is finally doing something meaningful to fix it. He needs to do more.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
China’s plan to buy millions of empty homes as it grapples with property crisis
China is considering a radical plan to tackle its ongoing property meltdown which has caused widespread damage to its economy.
- by Bloomberg News
Opinion
Trade wars
The US is tightening the screws on China
Joe Biden is throwing the kitchen sink at a key part of China’s economy.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Crown’s $90m sky home, languishing on the market, gets a $10m discount
Call it opulent, elevated, expensive – but the luxury home set high in Crown Resorts’ skyscraper can’t yet be called “sold”.
- by Swati Pandey
Opinion
Opinion
The $23 billion deal that shines a light on a big threat to China
The takeover of US Steel is turning into a political nightmare, and the effects could be widespread.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz