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How China is changing the global balance of economic power

China has displaced the United States from its traditional dominance as a major trading partner for most countries of the world

By Roland Rajah, Alyssa Leng

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Averting a global calamity? Trump and Xi at the G20

The outlines of a trade deal between the United States and China are there. But without a return to the negotiating table, the dispute could rapidly escalate, magnifying the damage to world growth

By John Edwards

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Economic conflict between America and China: A truce declared, the talks begin

The real issue in the US–China trade negotiation is the dramatic change in China’s economy evident over the past decade

By John Edwards

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Decoupling from China: cutting the Gordian Knot

The conviction that the interests of the US and China are fundamentally incompatible is gathering weight in Washington, as a consensus for confrontation with Beijing takes hold. Having progressively raised tariffs against Chinese-made goods, and adopted reports declaring that China’s “economic

By John Lee

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China’s cobalt conundrum in Congo

More than half of the cobalt that goes into phone batteries and electric vehicles worldwide – 66,000 of 123,000 tons produced in 2016 – is sourced from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Global demand is expanding rapidly. But lawmakers in Kinshasa have decided to cash in, targeting Western

By Frederick Kuo

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Economic diplomacy brief: Trump turns global, Pacific aid, Chinese tourism, and more

Davos men With the North Korean nuclear threat seemingly sidelined until after the Winter Olympics at least, this geopolitical year is starting in a curiously similar way to last. US President Donald Trump will share more than a dubious hairdo with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week when he

By Greg Earl

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Xi saves sea slugs on the sea floor

This post is based on Episode 16 of The Little Red Podcast, featuring Kate Barclay and Michael Fabinyi of the University of Technology, Sydney. My first culinary meeting with a sea cucumber - bêche-de-mer or BDM in its processed form - came out of curiosity. After nearly two decades travelling

By Graeme Smith

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G20 Monitor: The Chinese 2016 G20 host year

The 19th issue of the G20 Monitor focuses on the state of the G20 in the initial months of the Chinese G20 Presidency and examines policies that could contribute to the G20’s core goal of improving global economic growth. Photo: Getty Images/ChinaFotoPress

By Zhang Haibing, Wang Yuzhu, Bill Brummitt, Laura Walsh, Mike Callaghan, Adam Triggs, Tristram Sainsbury

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Decoupling from China: cutting the Gordian Knot

China’s cobalt conundrum in Congo

Economic diplomacy brief: Trump turns global, Pacific aid, Chinese tourism, and more

Xi saves sea slugs on the sea floor

G20 Monitor: The Chinese 2016 G20 host year

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