First-hand accounts from the front line of the battle against COVID-19 at ground zero have shown the critical role both local and large Chinese technology companies played in containing...
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In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, global science and policy communities are in flux. What does this mean for China’s science policy and funding? Or its international research...
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The UK government has defied direct pressure from US President Donald Trump to approve a limited role for Chinese telecommunications equipment maker Huawei to participate as a supplier in...
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The tech sector has been hit by the trade tensions between the US and China with a sharp decline in VC flow, and this will have “harmful ramifications” for...
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Banning Huawei from participating in Australia’s 5G network could cost up to $300 million annually and lead to three million Australians missing out on the new technology, according to...
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The Chinese Government has instructed its agencies and state-owned enterprises to stop using Western IT hardware and software by the end of 2022. The move is widely seen as...
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The Australian government has a “right to call out” China on cybersecurity attacks and intellectual property theft, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has said. Mr Dutton launched a scathing...
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Australian trade authorities continued to press for more diversified trade with China that included a focus on new technology, regardless of the complexities of the relationship in high-tech goods...
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The total inward investment flows from Australia’s Significant Investor Visa program since it was launched in 2012 has now topped $10 billion, according to a new report from Deloitte...
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Less than two months ago Australia was perched alone, like a shag on a rock, in its hard line banning of Huawei from the network build. It was not...
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Escalating economic and geopolitical competition between the US and China has sharpened this past week, manifested in a raft and new trade tariffs and increasingly hostile rhetoric from President...
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As China’s economic power grows, its cultural power will also grow, together with a desire to project that cultural power, according to long-time China watcher and the inaugural BHP...
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It’s difficult to get beyond the headlines about the race between the United States and China to set 5G standards, and competition over the future global market for emerging...
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We are living in extraordinary times. The fact that Huawei Technologies’ founder Ren Zhengfei is suddenly hosting two-hour press conferences with international media clearly signals this. This was not...