Trump likely blind to China's sensitivity on Taiwan, One China policy
It may be news to Trump that the principle of "One China" strikes at the very heart of Beijing's "core interests".
Philip Wen is the China correspondent for Fairfax Media.
It may be news to Trump that the principle of "One China" strikes at the very heart of Beijing's "core interests".
China expressed "serious concern" on Monday after US president-elect Donald Trump said the United States did not necessarily have to stick to its long-held stance that Taiwan is part of "one China".
Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying will not seek a second term as chief executive igniting political manoeuvring by those seeking to replace him next year.
Donald Trump's phone call with Taiwan's leader was the product of a strategy devised even before he became a presidential nominee, say those involved in its planning.
China has lodged a diplomatic protest after US President-elect Donald Trump broke with decades of diplomatic protocol by holding direct talks with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.
China's state-controlled media had spun Donald Trump as a businessman who could consider pragmatic trade-offs where an ideologically hawkish Hillary Clinton would not.
James Packer's Crown Resorts has assembled a "war room" of highly paid lawyers and advisors.
Chinese authorities order residents in the far-western region to turn in their passports amid accusations of rising radicalism among minority Uighurs.
The parliamentary committee considering whether to recommend the federal government ratify its extradition treaty with China has called a last-minute hearing with the Attorney-General's Department due to "real doubts" emerging from both sides of politics over the deal.h
The three Australian employees of James Packer's Crown Resorts detained in China face months more in custody.
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