Investment barriers stuff-up China relations
No one I know seriously questions the importance of China to Australia's external balances, especially now in the trough of a recession. Nor can we have any dou...
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Malcolm Turnbull on Chinalco’s bid for Rio
Malcolm Turnbull's wide-ranging speech to the Lowy Institute on the balance of power in Asia is thoughtful, well-aimed, and well-expressed. There is much to agr...
Peru jumps the China FTA queue
This news makes the delay in agreement between Australia and China on an FTA look even more peculiar. " China and Peru on Tuesday signed a free trade agreement...
Interview in the Boao Asia Forum
The top Chinese business daily, 21st Century Business Herald, published several special editions at the recent Boao Asia Forum. Here's an interview with me on...
A framework for Chinese investment
I hope to hear more of this. Simon Crean's suggestion that Australia and China should create a bilateral 'investment framework' is on the mark. "Trade Ministe...
The return on Ruddnet
Let's have a look at the numbers. Malcolm Turnbull is saying that an optimistic one-year rate of return on the proposed $43 billion of investment in the NBN i...
Renminbi reserve currency?
A development worth watching: "Economists say the SDR plan is unfeasible for now but see Beijing’s currency swap deals [with Argentina, Malaysia, Indones...