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Australia pays controversial Chinese company millions for Nauru’s new port
Despite a patchy track record, including allegations of bribery, the Beijing-backed company is delivering a major project for the tiny Pacific nation, which is a major focus in the competition for influence in the region.
- by Nick McKenzie
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MP says Chinese high school students were bussed in to elect him
The MP says the teenagers were brought into vote for him in an election that is now central to an inquiry into interference in Canadian elections by foreign countries.
- by Norimitsu Onishi
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Yes, there are Chinese police in Fiji. But that’s none of our business
Australia has no right to dictate to Fiji who its police force works with, particularly when we already work with Chinese police on transnational crime.
- by Graeme Smith
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‘Priority target’: The businessman at the top of Australia’s intelligence hit list
The suspect’s identification by intelligence agencies raises big questions for one of Australia’s neighbours and about China’s attempts to wield influence in the Pacific.
- by Nick McKenzie and Amelia Ballinger
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Raided, hooded and flown to China: Secret Fiji video reveals Beijing’s ‘rendition’ tactics
Fiji’s prime minister has called on China to retreat from the South Pacific as an investigation by The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and 60 Minutes uncovers a police sting showing Beijing’s desire to operate overseas.
- by Nick McKenzie and Amelia Ballinger
Former Liberal candidate jailed over Chinese interference plan
Di Sanh Duong has become the first person found guilty under Australian foreign interference laws after he tried to put in place a plan to influence then-minister Alan Tudge.
- by Erin Pearson
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Amazon self-censors Nicole Kidman’s new show in Hong Kong
Beijing’s national security laws aimed to wipe out dissent in the democratic enclave of Hong Kong. Now they have neutered Nicole Kidman in the Amazon series Expats.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
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Pacific diplomacy
Then there were two: Sport diplomacy panel in limbo as positions left vacant by Wong
A 13-member sport diplomacy council with former top Australian athletes aimed at boosting ties in the Pacific appears to have been quietly unwound by Labor.
- by Lisa Visentin
Security experts criticise decision to leave Port of Darwin in Chinese hands
The 99-year lease of the Port of Darwin by Chinese company Landbridge will remain in place after security agencies found systems existed to manage the risk.
- by James Massola and Rachel Clun
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My country is not just a geopolitical chess piece. It’s in the line of fire
Taiwan is often spoken of in terms of the US and China, but not in terms of what its own people - like me - hope to see regarding their fate.
- by Brian Hioe
‘Chilling effect’: Top uni warns students about foreign harassment
UNSW is urging students and academics to report any “interference” witnessed in class, amid concerns comments or behaviour are being reported back to a foreign government.
- by Daniella White