TikTok’s battle between politics and popularity
December
By Marina Zhang
Note: This article appeared in 360info on June 28 2023.
Calls to ban TikTok have turned the political landscape into something more like a theatrical spectacle.
Australia-China monthly wrap-up: May 2023
December
By Elena Collinson and Corey Lee Bell
Key points
- Trade Minister Don Farrell visits Beijing to discuss the PRC’s trade disruptions. PRC Commerce Minister Wang Wentao raises a range of issues in relation to investment into Australia and impediments to electric vehicle exports
- Beijing lifts its ban on Australian timber
Taiwan’s 2024 presidential election candidates: What will Hou or Lai’s election mean for tensions across the Taiwan strait?
December
Note: This article appeared in the University of Nottingham’s Taiwan Studies Programme's Taiwan Insight on June 6 2023.
TikTok and beyond: How China’s ascendancy in digital technology challenges the global order
December
The China factor in Japan-South Korea rapprochement
December
By Corey Lee Bell, Elena Collinson and Xunpeng Shi
Review of Australia’s China Odyssey: From Euphoria to Fear
December
Note: This article appeared in the Council on Foreign Relations' Asia Unbound on May 30 2023.
Australia-China relations on a solid trajectory. But it could be derailed
December
Note: This article appeared in The Canberra Times on May 21 2023.
Trade Minister Don Farrell took some heat last week for returning ‘empty-handed’ from his trip to Beijing and a meeting with China's Commerce Minister.
Australia-China monthly wrap-up: April 2023
December
By Elena Collinson and Corey Lee Bell
Inside the tent: Bob Hawke's ringside seat to China's reforms, Beijing 1986
December
Executive Summary
While speculation continues as to whether Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit the People’s Republic of China (PRC) this year – making it the first such visit since Malcolm Turnbull in 2016 – the time is ripe for reflection on arguably the most consequential visit in the relationship’s history, that by Bob Hawke to Beijing in May 1986.