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While accepting the importance and value of the trade relationship with China, our new program called China and Free Societies aims to raise awareness of the challenges growing Chinese government influence poses to a free and democratic Australia.

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Xi: the loneliest man in the world
Salvatore BabonesAugust 14, 2022SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

Australia is in trouble with China — again. This week the Chinese ambassador in Canberra,...

On Liberty EP89 China’s expanse into the Pacific Islands
Salvatore Babones, Mihai SoraMay 18, 2022On Liberty
This week's guest Mihai Sora joins us to discuss China's expending presence in the pacific...
Re-vamping the Pacific: will Australia ‘step up’ or ‘step out’?
Sean JacobsApril 29, 2022Spectator

In 2014, I wrote a short piece on the Pacific Islands that found its way,...

On Liberty EP86 What is Xi Jinping’s real agenda for China?
Elizabeth Larus, Salvatore BabonesApril 13, 2022On Liberty

Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping will soon be appointed to a third term as...

Balancing China in the Indo-Pacific
Sue Windybank, C. Raja Mohan, Renato Cruz De CastroFebruary 10, 2022

On Tuesday, January 18 we hosted our first webinar of 2022. CIS scholar Sue Windybank...

Where is Australia headed?
Nicholas Moore, Robert Forsyth, Anjali Nadaradjane, Tom SwitzerFebruary 7, 2022
There are good reasons to be distressed about the state of today’s world and Australia’s...
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Dealing with the Digital Yuan. Policy choices facing Australia
Alice HanFebruary 15, 2023AP43

Summary: Dealing with the Digital Yuan. Policy choices facing Australia Throughout history, financial innovation has...

Chinese Whispers: China’s media influence and pushback in Australia and Asia
Ming-Chang TsaiDecember 20, 2022AP41

China’s global media influence has encountered increasing pushback from numerous countries. This report looks at...

The Philippines Caught between Appeasing and Constraining China: How Australia can help tip the balance
Renato Cruz De CastroSeptember 28, 2021PP44

There is much debate about whether the relationship of Philippines vs China should be one...

Xi Dreams of 100 More Glorious Years for the Party: Might China Awake?
Rowan CallickSeptember 16, 2021AP26

The Chinese Communist Party is at the peak of its power as it enters its...

Crucial Collaboration: The Case for Closer Australia-UK Defence and Security Ties in Light of a Rising China
Tom TugendhatJune 23, 2021PP42

This paper argues that the now is the time to broaden and deepen the Australia-UK...

Resisting China’s Economic Coercion: Why America should support Australia
Alan DupontApril 8, 2021PP38

China’s unprecedented trade campaign against Australia is a case study in economic coercion for geopolitical...

The resurrection of Kevin Rudd
John LeeSeptember 13, 2010The Wall Street Journal

Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has just received the rare gift that all politicians...

Don’t rush to back Beijing over Delhi
John LeeSeptember 13, 2010The Australian

The cover story on the August 21-27 edition of The Economist was entitled “Contest of...

If only China were more like Japan
John LeeSeptember 1, 2010Business Week

Now that China has officially overtaken Japan as the world’s second-largest economy, there is growing...

China’s water grab
John LeeAugust 24, 2010Foreign Policy

In recent weeks, the United States has taken some assertive steps in the South China...

China’s rise and the road to war
John LeeAugust 5, 2010The Wall Street Journal

Four years before World War I, British author and politician Norman Angell published 'The Great...

Unpacking the black box
John LeeJuly 30, 2010Newsweek

Deng Xiaoping’s oft–repeated aphorism for the Chinese Communist Party is to ‘seek truth from facts.’...

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