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Chinese protesters shared videos and photos to Twitter. But their posts were swarmed by escort and gambling ads.

Starting with the symbolic then moving to the practical, Australia must be proactive and persistent while refraining from joining the pile–on with Washington at every opportunity

During my time as CEO of the China-Australia Chamber of Commerce in Beijing from 2013 until July this year, I had a ringside seat to the rapid rise and subsequent deterioration in bilateral relations between China and Australia. The reasons for the deterioration were complex, with fault on both sides, and we must learn from them or risk history repeating.
From 2013 to 2015, barely a week went by without a senior federal minister, premier, chief minister or CEO coming through Beijing or another major city to engage with local Australian businesses while visiting a highly receptive Chinese government.

Trip by Australia’s foreign affairs minister comes as tensions ease between two trading partners
Australia’s foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, will fly to China this week to mark a key diplomatic milestone in the latest sign of easing tensions between the two countries.
Wong is due to arrive in Beijing on Tuesday and will attend Wednesday’s events marking the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Australia and China.

Dim sum arrive as small gifts. Sometimes they’re in circular bamboo or metal trays, and you lift the lid as if opening a decorative box. Many types of dim sum ...

Final agreement could bring better protection for vital ecosystems and big reforms to agriculture
A potentially to being reached at Cop15 in Montreal, which could bring better protection for Earth’s vital ecosystems such as the Amazon and Congo basin rainforests, big reforms to agriculture, and better protection of indigenous territories and rights – but there are concerns that key issues are being overlooked.
After four years of negotiations and 12 years since the last biodiversity targets were agreed in Japan, the Chinese president of Cop15 put forward its recommendations for a final agreement after two weeks of intense negotiations at the UN biodiversity summit in Canada.

Wealthy Chinese individuals are paring holdings of local securities and are increasingly looking at assets in the United States and elsewhere overseas - a trend that is set to gather pace in 2023, ...

Unlike millions of Chinese affected by the virus earlier in the pandemic, Zhou was able to recover at home instead of at a quarantine facility. Earlier this month, Beijing announced it would “optimise ...

People over the age of 50 who live alone are now one of the fastest-growing demographics in the nation. Up from 15 million in 2000, this demographic bloated to nearly 26 million this year. The causes ...

At the Mall of America, shoppers spotted something they had never seen before at America’s largest shopping mall: an Asian Santa. The "Santa Experience," an annual event held at the mall in ...

Our mornings were filled with American history exploration and science projects. In the afternoons, we ventured out to the holiday markets for French language practice and retail mental math in euros.

Hikvision has since long faced criticism for its failure in upholding secure networks for international clients. The company faces several espionage allegations across different countries.