Matthew Carney
Matthew Carney is the ABC's North Asia correspondent.
Communist billionaires accused of holding China back
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An elite group of Communist billionaires with a combined worth of nearly $700 billion are being accused of holding China back as they profit from bloated state enterprises.
Topics: markets, business-economics-and-finance, foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, china
China's GDP growth rate expected to be announced at annual Parliament
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China's annual Parliament opens for 10 days to approve decisions made by the leadership and announce GDP growth rate figures.
Topics: economic-trends, world-politics, china, asia
The changing sound of Chinese rock music
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Two very different rock acts from China are on their way to Australia; one is the voice of a disempowered generation, while the other is pushing musical boundaries.
Trump's presidency to complicate China-US relations Analysis
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With Donald Trump as President-elect, the China-US relationship is about to enter a much more uncertain and tense time as the world waits to see what the fallout will be, writes correspondent Matthew Carney.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, foreign-affairs, trade, business-economics-and-finance, us-elections, united-states, china, asia
China's air pollution crisis shows no sign of ending
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Thick toxic smog is choking Beijing, and with 200 new coal plants to be built across the country, angry Chinese citizens are doubtful of their Government's claimed "war on pollution".
Topics: pollution, air-pollution, environment, alternative-energy, china
The impeachment of Park Geun-hye a story of a father and daughter Analysis
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Facing an impeachment vote, South Korean President Park Geun-hye's inglorious end to her reign is a consequence of what her dictator father set up, Matthew Carney writes.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, korea-republic-of
China seizes opportunity after Trump threatens to dump TPP Analysis
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United States President-elect Donald Trump's pledge to dump or renegotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership on his first day in office is a gift for the Chinese in their drive to control the world economy.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, globalisation---economy, international-aid-and-trade, trade, government-and-politics, world-politics, china, united-states, australia
China eyeing off Hollywood in quest for cultural influence Analysis (audio) (photos)
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All countries practise some kind of soft power. China has realised this and come to the game much later than most other countries, investing billions of dollars to try to refashion its image.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, popular-culture, community-and-society, film-movies, china, australia
Trump and China: All bets are off as world enters a new era Analysis
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During the election campaign Donald Trump bashed China to win votes at home, but for now it's wait and see — and whatever relationship he strikes with the nation will be critical to global stability and growth, writes correspondent Matthew Carney.
Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, world-politics, china, asia
'A new dawn': Duterte to meet China's President in historic visit Analysis
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President Rodrigo Duterte's four-day visit to China — which is being described as a "new dawn" and a turning point — will reset the China-Philippines relationship and critically, the conflict in the South China Sea.
Topics: territorial-disputes, world-politics, china, asia
Last Tiananmen Square prisoner to be released after 27 years
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The last known prisoner held for taking part in the Tiananmen Square uprising is being released, one of the 1,600 people jailed after a brutal military crackdown following the protests of June 1989.
Topics: history, unrest-conflict-and-war, prisons-and-punishment, china
Chinese Communist Party readies crackdown on Christianity
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As the governing Communist Party in China readies to launch a nationwide crackdown on Christianity, correspondent Matthew Carney speaks to churchgoers who are worried they could soon be arrested.
Topics: christianity, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, communism, world-politics, government-and-politics, china, asia
Peering into North Korea from a Chinese border town
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As North Korea is set to face its toughest United Nations sanctions in response to its biggest and fifth nuclear test, China correspondent Matthew Carney ventures into the Chinese border city of Dandong to see how the city is faring under the sanctions.
Topics: foreign-affairs, travel-and-tourism, world-politics, china, korea-republic-of
Inside the border town sustaining North Korea's rogue regime
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At the China-North Korea border, the ABC uncovers large-scale sanction violations, a sign of China's plan for deeper economic ties with the rogue nation.
Topics: foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, trade, korea-republic-of, china, asia
'I'd be a burden': Meet some of China's 61 million abandoned kids
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Around 61 million children are left behind in China's rural villages and towns while their parents work in the big cities, and many of the 'left-behind' kids suffer from emotional trauma, depression or anxiety.
Topics: community-and-society, family-and-children, parenting, world-politics, china, asia
Mass unemployment, strikes a growing worry for China's leaders
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Industrial unrest and mass unemployment are emerging as the chief threat to Communist Party rule in China, eclipsing separatist movements in remote provinces like Tibet and Xinjiang.
Topics: economic-trends, communism, unemployment, china
China warns Australia: stay out of the South China Sea
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Australia has been issued with an unusually blunt warning from China — stay out of the South China Sea or risk damage to bilateral relations.
Topics: foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, bishop-julie, australia, china, asia
Ruling on South China Sea unlikely to sway Chinese position: experts
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An international court will hand down its long-awaited judgement today on whether China's actions and its claims over much of the South China Sea are legal — but experts say the ruling is unlikely to change the Chinese position.
Topics: world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, china
Stand-off in the South China Sea: China's hidden army
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On China's southernmost tip is a hidden maritime militia ready for island building — fishermen.
Topics: world-politics, territorial-disputes, china
Ikea customers take 'try before you buy' to next level
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In China people are taking the saying "try before you buy" to the next level, with Ikea customers regularly visiting the giant store in Beijing to spend the day napping, doing homework and entertaining the family.
Topics: human-interest, china
Australia to capitalise on China's 'mining to dining' move
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It has been dubbed the "mining to the dining" boom and Australia is sending its biggest-ever trade delegation to China to capitalise on it.
Topics: international-aid-and-trade, food-and-beverage, china
Hong Kong film Ten Years pulled from cinemas by China
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Ten Years has been hailed as one of the best films to come out of Hong Kong in decades, but the Chinese Government describes it as "a virus of the mind".
Topics: film-movies, world-politics, communism, hong-kong, china
China continues crackdown over letter criticising Xi Jinping
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Chinese authorities are mounting a crackdown after an extraordinary letter surfaced on a Government-backed website calling for the resignation of President Xi Jinping.
Topics: world-politics, activism-and-lobbying, china, asia
China's cancer rates exploding, 4 million diagnosed last year
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More than four million Chinese people were diagnosed with cancer and nearly three million died from it last year, as some cancer rates increase by 400 per cent, research from the American Cancer Journal of Clinicians shows.
Topics: cancer, lung-cancer, pollution, air-pollution, medical-research, china
China's National People's Congress ends with latest five-year plan
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China's five-year economic plan is officially approved at the conclusion of the country's annual parliament, the National People's Congress.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, china
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