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• Australia: Overnight News Headlines – June 18, 2021

  By Craig Hill on June 18, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

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  Australian News Overnight news headlines you may have missed Australia’s swimmers raise hope of Tokyo Olympics gold medal haul – Australia will send 35 swimmers to Tokyo including Cate Campbell and Emily Seebohm; Twenty-one swimmers…

• China in the News: June 18, 2021

  By Craig Hill on June 18, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  What the world is saying about China (past 24 hours) First astronauts arrive at China’s space station – In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese astronauts salute after successfully entering the Tianhe space station module as they are… Read More ›

• Australia: Overnight News Headlines – June 17, 2021

  By Craig Hill on June 17, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

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  Australian News Overnight news headlines you may have missed Race Videos: Kyle Chalmers Wins Two Events at Australian Olympic Trials – Tonight concluded Day 5 of the 2021 Australian Olympic Trials. So far, we have…

• China in the News: June 17, 2021

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  What the world is saying about China (past 24 hours) Biden denies he’s ‘old friends’ with China’s Xi, says world questioning Beijing on COVID-19 origin probe – Biden denies he’s ‘old friends’ with China’s Xi, says world questioning Beijing on… Read More ›

• Australia: Overnight News Headlines – June 16, 2021

  By Craig Hill on June 16, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

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  Australian News Overnight news headlines you may have missed Will the Australia-UK trade deal be in Australia’s interest? History shows we must be careful – Boris Johnson gestures to Scott Morrison. Scott Morrison and Boris…

• China in the News: June 16, 2021

  By Craig Hill on June 16, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  What the world is saying about China (past 24 hours) US and EU End Aviation Trade Spat and Turn to China’s Rise – End Aviation Trade Spat and Turn to China’s Rise. The agreement, coming as President Biden met European… Read More ›

• China in the News: June 15, 2021

  By Craig Hill on June 15, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  What the world is saying about China (past 24 hours) 2021 NATO summit: World leaders declare China a global security challenge – NATO leaders also declared China a constant security challenge and said the Chinese are working to undermine global… Read More ›

• Australia: Overnight News Headlines – June 14, 2021

  By Craig Hill on June 14, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

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  Australian News Overnight news headlines you may have missed Nearly two thirds of Australians think home ownership won’t be an option for young people as property prices rise – Key points: The Australia Talks survey…

• China: International News Headlines – June 14, 2021

  By Craig Hill on June 14, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  What the world is saying about China (past 24 hours) ‘Divine Vessel’ to mark China’s first human spaceflight since 2016 – By Ryan Woo and Liangping Gao. BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese spacecraft will blast off from the Gobi Desert… Read More ›

• Australia: Overnight News Headlines – June 13, 2021

  By Craig Hill on June 13, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

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  Australian News Overnight news headlines you may have missed PM: Australia has ‘no greater friends’ than the US and the UK – Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia has “no greater friends” than the United…

• China: International News Headlines – June 13, 2021

  By Craig Hill on June 13, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  What the world is saying about China (past 24 hours) Stuck between China and the US, Australia must choose its best friend – Yet China is the biggest engine of economic growth and on track to usurp the US as… Read More ›

• China: International News Headlines – June 12, 2021

  By Craig Hill on June 12, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  What the world is saying about China (past 24 hours) Container Premiums: South China port issues bring trans-Pacific increases – Shipping lines are currently offering all-in rates (FAK plus premium service fees) from China to inland US points like Chicago,… Read More ›

• China: International News Headlines – June 11, 2021

  By Craig Hill on June 11, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  What the world is saying about China (past 24 hours) China’s Nio Faces Battle Royale After Return From Brink of Ruin – William Li takes time to have his photo at a gala dinner hosted by loyal customers in Shanghai,… Read More ›

• China: International News Headlines – June 10, 2021

  By Craig Hill on June 10, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) China’s producer inflation rise is highest in over 12 years – CHINA’S May factory gate prices rose at their fastest annual pace in over 12 years due to… Read More ›

• China: International News Headlines – June 9, 2021

  By Craig Hill on June 9, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) US to set up ‘strike force’ to go after China on trade – The Commerce Department is considering a Section 232 investigation into the national security impact of… Read More ›

• China: International News Headlines – June 8, 2021

  By Craig Hill on June 8, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) John Sacret Young Dead: ‘China Beach’ Creator Was 75 – On China Beach, Young mentored many young writers, directors, producers and crew members, taking pride in particular in… Read More ›

• China says it wants to become loveable, but will Australians believe them?

  By Craig Hill on June 7, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

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  China says it wants to become loveable China’s President Xi Jinping said this week that China wants to become more credible, loveable and respectable, but that seems easier said than done. It’s about as likely…

• China: International News Headlines – June 7, 2021

  By Craig Hill on June 7, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) China’s Cautious Consumers Offer Clues for Post-Pandemic World – China’s Cautious Consumers Offer Clues for Post-Pandemic World. Bloomberg News. June 6, 2021, 2:00 PM PDT. Retail sales …… Read More ›

• China: International News Headlines – June 6, 2021

  By Craig Hill on June 6, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) Explained | Why has the China-backed Colombo Port City project come under attack from the Opposition and citizens? – Explained | Why has the China-backed Colombo Port City… Read More ›

• China: International News Headlines – June 5, 2021

  By Craig Hill on June 5, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) Covid-19 live updates: CDC encourages parents to vaccinate teens – Other travelers from China’s mainland, which has effectively controlled the coronavirus, will still be allowed to enter Singapore… Read More ›

• China in the News: June 4, 2021

  By Craig Hill on June 4, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) Tesla shares drop on report of steep May sales decline in China – CNBC has not corroborated that report. Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company has been grappling with… Read More ›

• China in the News: June 3, 2021

  By Craig Hill on June 3, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) China to hand out $6.2 million in digital currency to Beijing residents as part of trial – China will hand out 40 million renminbi ($6.2 million) of its… Read More ›

• China in the News: June 2, 2021

  By Craig Hill on June 2, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) China’s Three-Child Policy Sparks Indignation and Concern – No Way, Many Chinese Say. Intense workplace competition, inadequate child care and widespread job discrimination against pregnant women have made… Read More ›

• China in the News: June 1, 2021

  By Craig Hill on June 1, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) China Says It Will Allow Couples to Have 3 Children, Up From 2 – China’s family planning restrictions date to 1980, when the party first imposed a “one-child”… Read More ›

• China in the News: May 31, 2021

  By Craig Hill on May 31, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) Think again about China | TheHill – Now, every Chinese militarized rock in the South China Sea is a strategic defeat, and every Chinese bad loan to Africa… Read More ›

• China in the News: May 30, 2021

  By Craig Hill on May 30, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) U.S. Mask Companies Struggle to Compete with China – Like other start-ups, the company got into the mask business after China, the world’s largest producer of protective medical… Read More ›

• China in the News: May 29, 2021

  By Craig Hill on May 29, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) China still behind on Phase One, but catching up quickly – Phase One laid out that over the course of 2020 and 2021, total exports of U.S. agricultural… Read More ›

• China in the News: May 28, 2021

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  Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) ‘Very cagey’: Growing concern over China’s ‘true intent’ https://au.news.yahoo.com › very-cagey-growing-con… 14 hours ago — “The change of China’s rhetoric towards Australia that happened over the past 12… Read More ›

• China in the News: May 27, 2021

  By Craig Hill on May 27, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) Australia tensions: US military plans to stockpile … https://www.9news.com.au › National 20 hours ago — Australia should brace for a strong response by China after reports the Federal… Read More ›

• China in the News: May 26, 2021

  By Craig Hill on May 26, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) Taiwan rebuffs China’s offer to send COVID vaccines amid … https://www.abc.net.au › news › china-offers-vaccines-… 19 hours ago — China offers to urgently send vaccines but the proposal… Read More ›

• China in the News: May 25, 2021

  By Craig Hill on May 25, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) Iron ore price: Why China’s flex to hurt Australia could backfirehttps://www.news.com.au › finance › economy19 hours ago — China’s efforts over the past week to cool down the… Read More ›

• China in the News: May 24, 2021

  By Craig Hill on May 24, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) China issues brutal warning to Australia after joining Japan in …https://7news.com.au › travel › china-issues-brutal-war…18 hours ago — Song Zhongping, cited as a Chinese military expert, told the… Read More ›

• China in the News: May 23, 2021

  By Craig Hill on May 23, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) China lashes out at Australia for joining Japan, France, US …https://www.news.com.au › technology › innovation3 hours ago — “This so-called joint drill has no impact at all on… Read More ›

• China in the News: May 22, 2021

  By Craig Hill on May 22, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) Iron ore price: China’s empty threat to harm Australia – 20 hours ago — Despite everything that’s transpired between Australia and China in the past year, Beijing has… Read More ›

• China in the News: May 21, 2021

  By Craig Hill on May 21, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) China to step up domestic iron ore mining in fresh swipe at Australia Beijing’s top economic planning agency has put Australia on notice, throwing the spotlight on trade… Read More ›

• China in the News: May 20, 2021

  By Craig Hill on May 20, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) Morrison government accused of not responding to China: Labor Australia’s needs an urgent plan to deal with a more assertive China, opposition treasury spokesman Jim Chalmers warns.NEWS.com.au15 hours… Read More ›

• China in the News: May 19, 2021

  By Craig Hill on May 19, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) Never been bigger: PM says Australia is weathering China trade fight Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia would prefer a better relationship with China but that Beijing’s trade… Read More ›

• China in the News: May 18, 2021

  By Craig Hill on May 18, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) China’s not winning its trade war with Australia China hasn’t been able to hurt the Australian producers of the two big commodities that really matter. If this is… Read More ›

• China in the News: May 17, 2021

  By Craig Hill on May 17, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) China’s not winning its trade war with Australia China hasn’t been able to hurt the Australian producers of the two big commodities that really matter. If this is… Read More ›

• China in the News: May 16, 2021

  By Craig Hill on May 16, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) How can Australia achieve economic growth when the Treasurer can’t name China in his budget speech? Whether we name it or don’t, China looms over the world and… Read More ›

• China in the News: May 15, 2021

  By Craig Hill on May 15, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  China reports successful spacecraft landing on Mars, with a rover deployed The official Xinhua News Agency says a lander touched down and deployed a rover, citing the China National Space Administration.ABC News3 hours ago China lands on Mars in latest… Read More ›

• China in the News: May 14, 2021

  By Craig Hill on May 14, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  US Secretary of State says Australia won’t face China’s ‘economic coercion’ alone Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the United States will not leave Australia alone in the face of economic coercion from China, and that such behaviour …ABC News1… Read More ›

• China in the News: May 13, 2021

  By Craig Hill on May 13, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  China used social media to spread misinformation to discredit western media during pandemic, report finds At the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic, China’s global media influence was in full swing, using social media to discredit western media outlets and spread… Read More ›

• China in the News: May 12, 2021

  By Craig Hill on May 12, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  China releases once-in-a-decade census data showing falling population growth New census data released on Tuesday reveals China’s population growth has fallen to its slowest pace since the 1960s, posing a challenge to policymakers in …ABC News20 hours ago China’s population… Read More ›

• China in the News: May 11, 2021

  By Craig Hill on May 11, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  China defends handling of rocket debris, accuses America of double standards China says it closely tracked the trajectory of its Long March 5B rocket booster and points to Western media using “romantic rhetoric” about recent SpaceX debris …ABC News13 hours… Read More ›

• China in the News: May 10, 2021

  By Craig Hill on May 10, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  China-backed Confucius Institutes face closure under veto laws The University of Sydney is among at least four universities to have registered their Confucius Institute contracts under the Commonwealth’s new foreign veto …Sydney Morning Herald3 hours ago China rocket debris lands… Read More ›

• China in the News: May 9, 2021

  By Craig Hill on May 9, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  China rocket debris lands in ocean, draws NASA criticism Beijing: Remnants of China’s biggest rocket have landed in the Indian Ocean, with the bulk of its components destroyed upon re-entry into the Earth’s …Sydney Morning Herald2 hours ago China’s Long… Read More ›

• China in the News: May 8, 2021

  By Craig Hill on May 8, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) Is Brazil ‘overkilling’ its cattle herd to meet China’s demand for beef? And what does it mean for Australia? China’s escalating demand for beef is being met by… Read More ›

• China in the News: May 7, 2021

  By Craig Hill on May 7, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  China retaliates: suspending its Strategic Economic Dialogue with Australia is symbolic, but still a big deal Beijing’s suspension of the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue sends a strong signal it is prepared to escalate tensions.The Conversation AU8 hours ago ‘No prospects’… Read More ›

• China in the News: May 6, 2021

  By Craig Hill on May 6, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) Beijing suspends China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue China’s government has announced it is indefinitely suspending all activities under the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue – the first formal freeze of… Read More ›