A disputed border continues to fuel tension between China and India, but there are also good reasons for better relations, writes Louise Merrington
19 Aug 10 Comments (1)Dealing with China
Building Australian submarines would compound the defence white paper’s mistaken view of the threats Australia faces, writes Brian Toohey
07 Apr 10 Comments (2)China’s Copenhagen paradox
China’s decision to resist binding emissions targets at Copenhagen gives a glimpse of a country with big and sometimes conflicting plans for growth, trade and influence, writes Peter Browne
14 Jan 10 Comments (0)The enigma of Chinese modernisation
BOOKS | Opposing itself to the west is stopping China from developing in important ways, writes David Kelly in this review of When China Rules the World
18 Nov 09 Comments (0)Winners and losers in Sri Lanka’s long war
Sri Lanka has been left deeply divided by its long-running civil war, in which China played a crucial but little-known role, writes Larry Marshall
13 Nov 09 Comments (1)The summiteers
What were the western media representatives getting themselves into at the Beijing summit, asks Geoffrey Barker
13 Oct 09 Comments (0)Vibrations from the north
Vietnam’s experience shows that dealing with China is not an all-or-nothing proposition, writes David G. Marr
31 Aug 09 Comments (0)Hoping for the best and hedging against the worst
Despite what Paul Keating says, an ambivalent attitude to China is justified by the facts, argues Geoffrey Barker
10 Jul 09 Comments (0)Collision course
Abandoned in the 1960s, “forward defence” makes a disturbing reappearance in the government’s defence white paper, argues Brian Toohey
05 May 09 Comments (0)
