投稿者: Ben Doherty
Upon arrival in Auckland, Australian citizens likely to be flown to Christmas Island for quarantiningTrapped Australians still seeking a way out of the coronavirus epicentre of Wuhan will be able to board a New Zealand government evacuation flight to l…
Crew member says Qantas has dismissed staff concerns, but airline says it is following advice that quarantine period is unnecessary Qantas flight crew have raised concerns that the 14-member cabin crew responsible for bringing evacuated Australians out…
References to Belt and Road initiative appeared on invitations to Chinese-Australian fundraising dinnerA Liberal party member who helped organise a Chinese-Australian business fundraising dinner has denied links to the Chinese Communist party after ref…
Chan Han Choi, the first person charged under Australia’s weapons of mass destruction laws, tells court he can’t get a fair trial and is a political prisoner An Australian man charged with trying to broker missile deals for the North Korean regime has …
Wagga Wagga man held captive in Afghanistan for three years landed at Sydney airport on Thursday nightAustralian teacher Timothy Weeks, held captive by the Taliban for three years after being abducted at gunpoint in Kabul, has returned home to Australi…
Beijing opens five posts in past two years as US is caught ‘in a period of limbo’ and Australia trails at 27th China has ambitions to rival the US as the world’s diplomatic superpower with Beijing’s foreign affairs ministry running more embassies and c…
After six hellish years inside Australia’s offshore detention regime, Boochani reflects on the country that rejected him, his new-found freedom and the friends he left behindSupport our independent journalism with a one-off or recurring contribution“On…
Researchers raise new concerns about the use of executed prisoners and other forced donors for transplantsThe Chinese government may have been systematically falsifying its organ donation numbers, raising renewed concerns over the use of executed priso…
Researchers raise new concerns about the use of executed prisoners and other forced donors for transplantsThe Chinese government may have been systematically falsifying its organ donation numbers, raising renewed concerns over the use of executed priso…
Sydney man Chau Van Kham, 70, found guilty over his membership of the Viet Tan political partyA Sydney retiree has been convicted of terrorism and jailed for 12 years by a Vietnamese court, in a judgment human rights advocates have described as “essent…
Retired baker Chau Van Kham, 70, to appear in Ho Chi Minh City court after more than 10 months in detentionAllegations of terrorism made against a 70-year-old Australian man in Vietnam are “absolutely false and groundless”, his wife says, pleading with…
National security adviser Robert O’Brien says Beijing has bullied smaller nations by militarising resource-rich watersThe US has condemned Chinese “intimidation” in the South China Sea, alleging it has bullied smaller south-east Asian nations by milita…
Sixteen-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership will cover half the planet’s peopleThe world’s largest trade deal is unlikely to be signed this year, with a draft statement from south-east Asian leaders suggesting it will be delayed until 20…
Exclusive: Democracy advocate suffers from serious health conditions and is only allowed one shower a weekDetained Australian writer Dr Yang Hengjun has insisted he is innocent of the espionage allegations made against him and told Chinese authorities …
Beijing should substantially reform its lending practices, Lowy Institute saysChina has not engaged in deliberate “debt-trap diplomacy” in the Pacific, but the burgeoning scale of China’s lending, and institutional weakness within Pacific states, pose …