Foreign affairs

By Elena Collinson and Corey Lee Bell

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- In a wide-ranging new year press conference, PRC Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian proposes restarting joint military exercises and calls for more science and technology cooperation

By Elena Collinson and Corey Lee Bell

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- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese delivers a major foreign policy speech, placing ‘priority on communication over confrontation’ and outlining an approach of ‘patience and perseverance’

By Elena Collinson and Corey Lee Bell

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By James Laurenceson

Note: This article appeared in The Australian Financial Review on January 15 2024.

Australia’s China hawks spent 2023 becoming increasingly frustrated by the Albanese government’s handling of relations with Beijing. By year’s end, the accusations and insults were flying freely.

By Marina Zhang

Note: This article appeared in The Interpreter on January 15 2024.

By Corey Lee Bell

Note: This article appeared in The Diplomat on December 29 2023.

By Elena Collinson 

Note: This article appeared in 9DASHLINE on December 14 2023.

After seven years marked by bullying and heavy-handed tactics by Beijing, episodes of diplomatic inelegance by Canberra, and the asperity of mutual criticism, Australia-China relations have tentatively shifted to a more normalised state.

By Corey Lee Bell

Note: This article appeared in The Diplomat on December 7 2023.

With support from the National Foundation for Australia-China Relations, UTS:ACRI hosted five academic and industry representatives from the People's Republic of China for a week-long program of events in Sydney, bringing them together with leading academic and industry figures from around Australia to explore the potential for bilateral collaboration to advance decarbonisation and combat climate change. 

The PRC delegation included: 

By Wanning Sun

Note: This article appeared in Pearls and Irritations on November 21 2023.