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Australian judges vow to stay despite mass resignations from Hong Kong’s top court
Former High Court chief justice Robert French has defended the role of Australians serving on Hong Kong’s top court.
- by Lisa Visentin
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Shorten will attend Ukraine peace summit as Zelensky makes surprise Asia visit
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed to leaders at the Asia defence summit where China said it would be prepared to use force to prevent Taiwanese independence.
- by Lisa Visentin
Taiwan’s Kinmen islands are a stone’s throw from China. Its inhabitants are torn
If China were to attack Taiwan, this string of islands is at the front line. Kinmen is less than 10 kilometres from the Chinese mainland and remnants of past battles are everywhere.
- by Lisa Visentin and Daniel Ceng
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When Taiwan changed leader, Beijing sent its own guests, uninvited
This is the atmosphere in which Taiwan on Monday inaugurated its new president, Lai Ching-te.
- by Peter Hartcher
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Meet Xi’s new No.1 enemy: The man at the heart of the US-China superpower battle
Taiwan’s new president Lai Ching-te has demanded Beijing stop threatening the island, while urging the world to see the protection of Taiwan’s democratic freedoms as essential to global peace.
- by Lisa Visentin and Daniel Ceng
Aaron staged a protest in Australia, then Chinese police paid his parents a visit
Aaron, an international student studying in Sydney, knows all too well that the industrial-scale surveillance deployed by the Chinese government doesn’t stop at the border.
- by Lisa Visentin
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Australia pays controversial Chinese company millions for Nauru’s new port
Despite a patchy track record, including allegations of bribery, the Beijing-backed company is delivering a major project for the tiny Pacific nation, which is a major focus in the competition for influence in the region.
- by Nick McKenzie
MP says Chinese high school students were bussed in to elect him
The MP says the teenagers were brought into vote for him in an election that is now central to an inquiry into interference in Canadian elections by foreign countries.
- by Norimitsu Onishi
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Yes, there are Chinese police in Fiji. But that’s none of our business
Australia has no right to dictate to Fiji who its police force works with, particularly when we already work with Chinese police on transnational crime.
- by Graeme Smith
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‘Priority target’: The businessman at the top of Australia’s intelligence hit list
The suspect’s identification by intelligence agencies raises big questions for one of Australia’s neighbours and about China’s attempts to wield influence in the Pacific.
- by Nick McKenzie and Amelia Ballinger
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Raided, hooded and flown to China: Secret Fiji video reveals Beijing’s ‘rendition’ tactics
Fiji’s prime minister has called on China to retreat from the South Pacific as an investigation by The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and 60 Minutes uncovers a police sting showing Beijing’s desire to operate overseas.
- by Nick McKenzie and Amelia Ballinger