Asia Pacific

The development in the tariff impasse has renewed Canberra’s optimism that Australia will be able to negotiate its own carve-out from a ten per cent ‘baseline’ levy. 

China has issued a warning, saying it will retaliate against countries that cooperate with the US in ways that compromise Beijing’s interests, as the trade war threatens to embroil other nations.

Do androids dream of winning marathons? Robots have raced alongside humans in a 21km course with awards also given for best gait design and innovative form.

The president of Timor Leste has said his country would be willing to join Chinese-led military exercises in the latest signpost of the growing great power competition on Australia’s doorstep. 

Staring down a nightmare scenario in which they lose their largest customer base, China’s factory owners are rising up via the hugely popular video platform.

JACKSON HEWETT: The trade war reached terrifying new heights overnight with investors in Australia’s $2.5 trillion bond market now contemplating the prospect of a grim new financial crisis.

Beijing has vowed to ‘fight to the end’, but in reality they may only need to fight until US consumer prices begin to rise or employment begins to fall.

Tensions between the United States and China are escalating by the minute, with the People’s Republic labelling Donald Trump’s action as ‘blackmail’ and committing to ‘fight to the end’.

‘New Zealanders have really been forced to open their eyes and realise the environment that they’re in now.’

US President Donald Trump has issued an ominous threat to the People’s Republic of China, warning President Xi if action is not taken by Wednesday, ‘all talks’ between the two nations will be ‘terminated’.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton have both pledged to return the Chinese-owned Port of Darwin to Australian hands. 

China has issued a clear warning to the United States, saying its military will ‘respond to all dangerous, provocative actions’ as it ‘resolutely safeguard national territorial sovereignty’.

The surprise announcement by military leaders, who also head the unelected government, will mean a pause in the country’s ongoing civil war.

Chinese state media has backed in Anthony Albanese’s stance on the Chinese “spy” ship in Australian waters as it turned on Peter Dutton, accusing him of “beating the drums of war”.

More details of the champion Australian cricketer’s death have been made public days after it was revealed sex drugs were found in his Thai holiday villa.