Chinese interest in property still 'extremely high'
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Australian real estate will remain one of the main recipients of Chinese capital this year despite the expectation that investors will pull back globally.
Australian real estate will remain one of the main recipients of Chinese capital this year despite the expectation that investors will pull back globally.
Together, the EU and Japan would create a trading bloc of a size to rival the North American Free Trade Agreement, now the world's largest free trade zone.
The risk of a trade war between the US and China has escalated after the US warned it would close its markets to countries "allowing" trade with North Korea.
Mr Trump has alienated the leaders of many of America's allies. None brings a higher cost than the damage to US-German relations.
The US ambassador to the UN says the Pentagon is ready to use force to stop North Korea's nuclear drive 'if we must, but we prefer not to'.
North Korea's long-range missile test represents a "new threat to the world" and threatens to overshadow this week's G20 meeting of world leaders.
Often a dull photo-op, this weekend's G20 meeting in Hamburg is the most nervously anticipated in years.
Rather than creating a sense of urgency around the latest missile test, some say the international community should return to a version of "strategic patience", as this is what the North hates most.
The North Korean weapons program is expanding with China's assistance, leaving the United States and allies with few good options.
The People's Daily stepped up its criticism Tencent, a day after the country's top gaming and social media company said it was limiting play...
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has joined other world leaders to condemn North Korea's latest ballistic missile test.
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