JACKSON HEWETT: While Donald Trump continues to vacillate on tariffs with America’s nearest neighbours, China is firmly in the administration’s sights.
Two massive seismic shifts in the economic world order have struck in one day — and economists say the impact is starting to flow through to Australia.
China has nothing to apologise or be sorry for after its navy conducted a training drill near Australia as it did so within international law, its envoy says.
China’s unprecedented deployment of warships off Australia’s east coast is a demonstration of Beijing’s increasing intent to project military power into the region, intelligence chief Andrew Shearer says.
LATIKA M BOURKE: Anthony Albanese’s restrained response to China’s live-fire exercises off the Australian coast will be seen by Beijing as ‘weak’, prompting aggressive displays of force in Australia’s backyard.