Australia

China has warned its citizens against travel to Australia, citing a significant increase in racist attacks on Chinese and Asian people. Australian officials have denied the accusation.

China's proposed barley and beef tariffs on Australia may be legally dressed up, informal economic sanctions.

Australia and Indonesia have more and more in common, a fact which should challenge old tropes about their differences.

Australia's peculiar relationship with China alludes to a lack of discussion between the Australian society and authorities.

The Australian government is reviewing press freedom protection after the police raided a journalist's home and a newsroom in June.

An interview with researcher W.L. Yeung by the Chinese Border-Crossing Question and Answer Project.

Taiwan's treatment of asylum seekers and refugees lags behind global standards.

In the absence of strong relations with Western nations, Russia may be making its own pivot to Asia. This should motivate Australia and ASEAN states to fortify their own presences in the area.

Australia's northern neighbor's economy is burdened by heavy tobacco use.

Chinese students pay big money to study Down Under, but many come away without the cosmopolitan experience they were expecting.

It seems the further away you are from Pyongyang, the more attention Kim Jong-un garners.

The recent decision not to publish the book "Silent Invasion" which examines the growing and surreptitious CCP influence in Australia, raises alarming questions for academic freedom, public discourse, and publishing in Australia.

China’s new military base could be the first step in the country dramatically increasing its military presence in the Indian Ocean, David Brewster and Anthony Bergin write.

While it’s fair to describe the deployment of the Chinese ‘spy ship’ to Australia’s EEZ as unfriendly, other factors should be considered before considering what it means for Australian policy

We need to be realistic about Beijing’s own industrial goals and objectives and the nature of its investment strategy, writes John Hemmings.

The dynamiting of reefs, plus overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, and the impacts of climate change are all having an impact on fish stocks in the contested waters of the South China Sea. Anthony Bergin takes a look at what Australia could do about it.

A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.

Australia’s political parties taking substantial donations from sources linked to the Chinese Communist Party raises serious concerns, Daniel Fazio writes.