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exclusiveComing soon: great fall of China
Rowan CallickThe verdict of top China economists is unanimous: there is a debt crisis and a recession is almost inevitable.
AI users in hot water in China
Rowan CallickThe predictive powers of artificial intelligence have triggered outbreaks of rage in China this week.
China’s soaring debt ‘a risk’
Rowan CallickChina’s share of global corporate debt is forecast by S&P; to rise from 35pc to 43pc, or $43 trillion, by 2020.
Taskforce pushes China envelope
Rowan CallickA group of top Australian and Chinese advisers has launched an inititiave to build ties far beyond the remit of ChAFTA.
Hopes dim for China consumers
Rowan CallickThe slowing Chinese economy is facing a further double blow — downturns in housing and consumer spending.
Floods cost China $30 billion
Rowan CallickThe monsoon is wreaking catastrophe on China, killing 237 people and causing $30bn damage so far.
EXCLUSIVEAsbestos tests halt containers
ANDREW BURRELL, ROWAN CALLICKThe Chinese company at the centre of a national asbestos scare has had its containers stopped from entering the country.
China shuts last liberal magazine
Rowan CallickYanhuang Chunqiu (China Through the Ages) had been the champion of economic reform in the Deng Xiaoping tradition.
world commentaryASEAN may give Beijing last word
Rowan CallickBeijing, for all its show of insouciance, has lost face since the court ruling in The Hague on the South China Sea.
Nickel player eyes China tie-up
Rowan CallickNickel explorer Axiom’s boss Ryan Mount is in China seeking potential partners, as customers, investors, or both.
Copycat claims sprung on China
Rowan CallickThe Hague’s South China Sea verdict in favour of Philippines results in copycat claims against Chinese.
Swisse stirs a buzz in China
Rowan CallickActress Nicole Kidman is in Shanghai today fronting the formal launch of Swisse health products for China.
Beijing calls in diplomats
Rowan Callick, Brendan NicholsonChina yesterday called in the Australian envoy to Beijing for a briefing to contain damage from The Hague ruling.
Cracking the bamboo ceiling
Rowan CallickThe bamboo ceiling seems to be even harder to puncture for companies than was the glass ceiling.
Xi defiant on South China Sea
Rowan CallickPresident Xi Jinping made it clear the verdict from The Hague would not stop China’s illegal island building.
China ‘defies law’ in sea row
Rowan Callick, Brendan NicholsonThe Philippines last night won its high-stakes case against Beijing’s claim of sovereignty over the South China Sea.
The South China Sea flashpoint
Rowan CallickChina is fuelling nationalism around its offshore assets.
Asia holds breath on China Sea
Rowan CallickAsia will be holding its breath as an international court rules on territorial rights in the South China Sea.
ExclusiveBusinessman Ng seeking pardon
ROWAN CALLICKMatthew Ng, who served time for a white-collar crime he denies, says his return to normal life remains constrained.
Blindness to China’s crisis
Rowan CallickFinancial markets always panic in the face of uncertainty. It’s the thing they do best.
We salute those who lose a seat
Rowan CallickFew former politicians develop stellar new careers, but most at least keep busy.
Hong Kong fight for its potential
Rowan CallickHong Kong needs to be battening down for a prolonged economic typhoon.
Dynamic Blackmores’ China win
Rowan CallickBlackmores’ dynamic young China team has in less than two years built a corps of 1 million loyal consumers.
Cold War in South China Sea
Rowan CallickThe South China Sea dispute will soon either boil over into visceral confrontation or pass into history.
Aussie goods top China e-list
Rowan CallickAustralian products have swiftly become the biggest sellers on China’s new cross-border e-commerce platforms.
Bookseller blows lid on kidnap
Rowan CallickLam Wing-kee has blown away months of efforts by authorities to cover over the kidnapping of himself and four colleagues.
China ‘net cops’ hid Ng release
ROWAN CALLICK‘Net police’ blocked news on Chinese social media of Australian businessman Matthew Ng’s release from jail in Sydney.
Cost of doing business in China
Rowan CallickEven after the widely lauded free-trade deal, risks remain for executives keen to trade with the Asian powerhouse.
An unlikely revolutionary
Rowan CallickJack Ma wanted to put the Yellow Pages online but ended up helping to reshape China’s economy.
Joy, sadness both for freed Ng
Rowan CallickMatthew Ng said he wept when told yesterday by a parole officer he was to be released from Silverwater jail in NSW.
ASEAN blinks in China standoff
Rowan CallickASEAN foreign ministers have pulled a statement on the standoff in the South China Sea.
Jailed businessman freed
Rowan CallickAn Australian businessman jailed in China for white-collar crimes then transferred back to Australia will be freed.
Chinese still keen on property
Rowan CallickChinese demand for Australian apartments is likely to stay, in the medium term, say agents busy in the Chinese market.
Merkel’s China rule of law push
Rowan CallickThe German Chancellor has used speech to Chinese students to stress the importance of a “real” rule of law.
News outlets come to China party
Rowan CallickThe Chinese government has sealed a push to tell its own story directly through Australia’s English-language media
Dairy relief in China delays
Rowan CallickThe Chinese government has delayed measures to control online sales of overseas goods — including infant formula.
Paving the way to free-trade
Rowan CallickThe woman who led negotiating teams for free trade agreements with South Korea, Japan and China has been made an AO.
China gorges on the Korean War
Rowan CallickChina has begun screening a blockbuster $20 million TV fiction serial on the Korean War.
Chinese know what to do
Rowan CallickThe US-China dialogue offered tantalising hints that the coming G20 summit could turn the world’s economic woes around.
exclusiveSydney to boost yuan status
Rowan CallickLocal and Chinese banks have begun working on a plan to leverage Sydney’s status as a yuan hub.
Opinion
We’ll all win if PM cows unions
Janet Albrechtsen The power grab for volunteer firefighters goes to the heart of the federal election.
Disruption looms in anti-elitism
Paul Kelly Feeling ripped off by corruption and afraid of terrorism and migrants, voters are going to extremes.
Politics is turning into tennis
Greg Craven There are only two dogs in this fight — our first unashamedly imperial poll.
Don’t be fooled, focus on future
Catherine Livingstone We need policies that prevent a downward spiral as the world’s economy evolves.
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