Beijing is committed to opening up its economy in 2023
Author: Xirui Li, NTU The private sector and foreign investors have become increasingly sceptical about doing business in China since…
Restarting search and rescue cooperation in the South China Sea
Author: Gilang Kembara, CSIS Indonesia China’s easing of COVID-19 countermeasures in December 2022 spurred the resumption of several economic and…
Southeast Asia schools Australia on its search for strategic equilibrium
Author: Evelyn Goh, ANU In her travels over the past 10 months, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has referred repeatedly…
Fiji’s geopolitical tilt
Author: Jose Sousa-Santos, ANU and Anna Powles, Massey University The diplomatic spat surrounding China’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Ma…
Remedying Taiwan’s disinformation disease
Author: Dennis LC Weng, Sam Houston State University The Taiwan Ministry of National Defense’s revised draft of the All-out Defense…
US deals signal heightened semiconductor equipment competition
Author: June Park, Schmidt Futures Export controls on semiconductor technology have been expanded after the conclusion of US bilateral negotiations…
Japan–South Korea deal on forced labour leaves many questions unresolved
Authors: Tom Le, Hanah Park and Hina Tanabe, Pomona College On 6 March 2023, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol announced…
Chinese tech dominance more myth than reality
Author: Marina Yue Zhang, UTS The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) recently released a report asserting China’s dominance in ‘critical…
Australia’s China illiteracy has dangerous consequences
Author: Yun Jiang, AIIA China Matters The deficiency of Australia’s Asia literacy — and as a subset, China literacy —…
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is Under Investigation for CCP, Taliban Business Deals
Michigan State Senators Lana Theis, Ed McBroom, Joe Bellino, Dan Lauwers, and Kevin Daley announced on Tuesday that they are…