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Beijing’s missile flex sends its Pacific neighbours an unmistakeable warning

Beijing’s missile flex sends its Pacific neighbours an unmistakeable warning

China’s testing of a nuclear-capable missile in the Pacific Ocean generated a splash that no one heard, but every country in the region felt.

06.07.2026 20

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

Beijing’s missile flex sends its Pacific neighbours an unmistakeable warning

Beijing’s missile flex sends its Pacific neighbours an unmistakeable warning

China’s testing of a nuclear-capable missile in the Pacific Ocean generated a splash that no one heard, but every country in the region felt.

06.07.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

Beijing’s missile flex sends its Pacific neighbours an unmistakeable warning

Beijing’s missile flex sends its Pacific neighbours an unmistakeable warning

China’s testing of a nuclear-capable missile in the Pacific Ocean generated a splash that no one heard, but every country in the region felt.

06.07.2026 20

The Age

Lisa Visentin

Beijing’s missile flex sends its Pacific neighbours an unmistakeable warning

Beijing’s missile flex sends its Pacific neighbours an unmistakeable warning

China’s testing of a nuclear-capable missile in the Pacific Ocean generated a splash that no one heard, but every country in the region felt.

06.07.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

Xi Jinping is feted in Pyongyang as Kim Jong-un swivels to Moscow

In a rare visit to Pyongyang, Xi and Kim talked up China-North Korean ties, even as Kim draws closer to Vladimir Putin.

09.06.2026 30

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

Xi Jinping is feted in Pyongyang as Kim Jong-un swivels to Moscow

In a rare visit to Pyongyang, Xi and Kim talked up China-North Korean ties, even as Kim draws closer to Vladimir Putin.

09.06.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

Xi Jinping is feted in Pyongyang as Kim Jong-un swivels to Moscow

In a rare visit to Pyongyang, Xi and Kim talked up China-North Korean ties, even as Kim draws closer to Vladimir Putin.

09.06.2026 20

The Age

Lisa Visentin

Xi Jinping is feted in Pyongyang as Kim Jong-un swivels to Moscow

In a rare visit to Pyongyang, Xi and Kim talked up China-North Korean ties, even as Kim draws closer to Vladimir Putin.

09.06.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

Vladimir Putin flies in to meet Xi Jinping, but there’s only one man calling the shots

The Russian leader has been welcomed to Beijing with the same red carpet pomp bestowed on Trump days earlier. But while Putin and Xi share an...

20.05.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

Vladimir Putin flies in to meet Xi Jinping, but there’s only one man calling the shots

The Russian leader has been welcomed to Beijing with the same red carpet pomp bestowed on Trump days earlier. But while Putin and Xi share an...

20.05.2026 20

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

Vladimir Putin flies in to meet Xi Jinping, but there’s only man calling the shots

The Russian leader has been welcomed to Beijing with the same red carpet pomp bestowed on Trump days earlier. But while Putin and Xi share an...

20.05.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

Vladimir Putin flies in to meet Xi Jinping, but there’s only one man calling the shots

The Russian leader has been welcomed to Beijing with the same red carpet pomp bestowed on Trump days earlier. But while Putin and Xi share an...

20.05.2026 30

The Age

Lisa Visentin

Vladimir Putin flies in to meet Xi Jinping, but there’s only one man calling the shots

The Russian leader has been welcomed to Beijing with the same red carpet pomp bestowed on Trump days earlier. But while Putin and Xi share an...

20.05.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

‘I probably don’t want to leave’: Trump gushes over China during tiptoe among the trees

Eager to announce “wins” from his Beijing visit, Donald Trump said “some fantastic trade deals” had been struck, as he touted his strong...

15.05.2026 20

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

‘I probably don’t want to leave’: Trump gushes over China during tiptoe among the trees

Eager to announce “wins” from his Beijing visit, Donald Trump said “some fantastic trade deals” had been struck, as he touted his strong...

15.05.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

‘I probably don’t want to leave’: Trump gushes over China during tiptoe among the trees

Eager to announce “wins” from his Beijing visit, Donald Trump said “some fantastic trade deals” had been struck, as he touted his strong...

15.05.2026 20

The Age

Lisa Visentin

‘I probably don’t want to leave’: Trump gushes over China during tiptoe among the trees

Eager to announce “wins” from his Beijing visit, Donald Trump said “some fantastic trade deals” had been struck, as he touted his strong...

15.05.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

Beijing courts Taiwan’s opposition leader ahead of Trump visit

Cheng Li-wun, the leader of Taiwan’s main opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT) party, is expected to have a rare meeting with Chinese leader Xi...

10.04.2026 30

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

Beijing courts Taiwan’s opposition leader ahead of Trump visit

Cheng Li-wun, the leader of Taiwan’s main opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT) party, is expected to have a rare meeting with Chinese leader Xi...

10.04.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

Beijing courts Taiwan’s opposition leader ahead of Trump visit

Cheng Li-wun, the leader of Taiwan’s main opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT) party, is expected to have a rare meeting with Chinese leader Xi...

10.04.2026 30

The Age

Lisa Visentin

Beijing courts Taiwan’s opposition leader ahead of Trump visit

Cheng Li-wun, the leader of Taiwan’s main opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT) party, is expected to have a rare meeting with Chinese leader Xi...

10.04.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

China wants a seat at the Middle East peace table, but without the work

Trump’s war in Iran has gifted China a chance to pitch itself as the more stable, responsible superpower, but when it comes to being a peacemaker...

03.04.2026 30

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

China wants a seat at the Middle East peace table, but without the work

Trump’s war in Iran has gifted China a chance to pitch itself as the more stable, responsible superpower, but when it comes to being a peacemaker...

03.04.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

China wants a seat at the Middle East peace table, but without the work

Trump’s war in Iran has gifted China a chance to pitch itself as the more stable, responsible superpower, but when it comes to being a peacemaker...

03.04.2026 40

The Age

Lisa Visentin

China wants a seat at the Middle East peace table, but without the work

Trump’s war in Iran has gifted China a chance to pitch itself as the more stable, responsible superpower, but when it comes to being a peacemaker...

03.04.2026 40

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

Landslide win for Japan’s fledgling ‘Trump whisperer’ an opportunity for Canberra

The victory vindicates Sanae Takaichi’s decision to take a firm hand with China, which has been increasingly assertive in the Indo-Pacific.

09.02.2026 20

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

Landslide win for Japan’s fledgling ‘Trump whisperer’ an opportunity for Canberra

The victory vindicates Sanae Takaichi’s decision to take a firm hand with China, which has been increasingly assertive in the Indo-Pacific.

09.02.2026 50

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

Landslide win for Japan’s fledgling ‘Trump whisperer’ an opportunity for Canberra

The victory vindicates Sanae Takaichi’s decision to take a firm hand with China, which has been increasingly assertive in the Indo-Pacific.

09.02.2026 40

The Age

Lisa Visentin

Landslide win for Japan’s fledgling ‘Trump whisperer’ an opportunity for Canberra

The victory vindicates Sanae Takaichi’s decision to take a firm hand with China, which has been increasingly assertive in the Indo-Pacific.

09.02.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

‘Nobody is safe’: What Xi’s purges say about his control over China’s military

The purging of China’s top general Zhang Youxia has cranked up the rumour mill, but experts say his downfall may be the case of a military leader...

28.01.2026 20

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

‘Nobody is safe’: What Xi’s purges say about his control over China’s military

The purging of China’s top general Zhang Youxia has cranked up the rumour mill, but experts say his downfall may be the case of a military leader...

28.01.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

‘Nobody is safe’: What Xi’s purges say about his control over China’s military

The purging of China’s top general Zhang Youxia has cranked up the rumour mill, but experts say his downfall may be the case of a military leader...

28.01.2026 30

The Age

Lisa Visentin

‘Nobody is safe’: What Xi’s purges say about his control over China’s military

The purging of China’s top general Zhang Youxia has cranked up the rumour mill, but experts say his downfall may be the case of a military leader...

28.01.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

What China’s kill line obsession exposes about its own anxieties

The Chinese tell themselves stories of American decline to feel better. But they hide some essential truths.

26.01.2026 20

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

What China’s kill line obsession exposes about its own anxieties

The Chinese tell themselves stories of American decline to feel better. But they hide some essential truths.

26.01.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

What China’s kill line obsession exposes about its own anxieties

The Chinese tell themselves stories of American decline to feel better. But they hide some essential truths.

26.01.2026 30

The Age

Lisa Visentin

What China’s kill line obsession exposes about its own anxieties

The Chinese tell themselves stories of American decline to feel better. But they hide some essential truths.

26.01.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

The not-so-subtle message in cheesy moment between two leaders

Like all finely tuned pieces of diplomatic stagecraft, there was more to the friendly jamming session than matching tracksuits and K-pop hits.

15.01.2026 30

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

The not-so-subtle message in cheesy moment between two leaders

Like all finely tuned pieces of diplomatic stagecraft, there was more to the friendly jamming session than matching tracksuits and K-pop hits.

15.01.2026 50

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

The not-so-subtle message in cheesy moment between two leaders

Like all finely tuned pieces of diplomatic stagecraft, there was more to the friendly jamming session than matching tracksuits and K-pop hits.

15.01.2026 40

The Age

Lisa Visentin

The not-so-subtle message in cheesy moment between two leaders

Like all finely tuned pieces of diplomatic stagecraft, there was more to the friendly jamming session than matching tracksuits and K-pop hits.

15.01.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

Why Trump’s Venezuela gambit will not change Beijing’s calculus on Taiwan

But it does give China a propaganda win to portray the US as the world’s rogue cop, while positioning itself as alternative global leader.

07.01.2026 20

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

Why Trump’s Venezuela gambit will not change Beijing’s calculus on Taiwan

But it does give China a propaganda win to portray the US as the world’s rogue cop, while positioning itself as alternative global leader.

07.01.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

Why Trump’s Venezuela gambit will not change Beijing’s calculus on Taiwan

But it does give China a propaganda win to portray the US as the world’s rogue cop, while positioning itself as alternative global leader.

07.01.2026 30

The Age

Lisa Visentin

Why Trump’s Venezuela gambit will not change Beijing’s calculus on Taiwan

But it does give China a propaganda win to portray the US as the world’s rogue cop, while positioning itself as alternative global leader.

07.01.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

As China unleashed on Japan, the US stayed silent – until Beijing went too far

Taiwan is the reddest of red lines for Beijing, and Japan’s new prime minister has discovered the cost of crossing it.

12.12.2025 50

WA Today

Lisa Visentin

As China unleashed on Japan, the US stayed silent – until Beijing went too far

Taiwan is the reddest of red lines for Beijing, and Japan’s new prime minister has discovered the cost of crossing it.

12.12.2025 70

The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Visentin

As China unleashed on Japan, the US stayed silent – until Beijing went too far

Taiwan is the reddest of red lines for Beijing, and Japan’s new prime minister has discovered the cost of crossing it.

12.12.2025 40

The Age

Lisa Visentin

As China unleashed on Japan, the US stayed silent – until Beijing went too far

Taiwan is the reddest of red lines for Beijing, and Japan’s new prime minister has discovered the cost of crossing it.

12.12.2025 30

Brisbane Times

Lisa Visentin

In Hong Kong, tragedy fuels a national security crackdown

The Wang Fuk Court towers were still smouldering when Hong Kong authorities shifted gear from crisis to crackdown.

05.12.2025 30

WA Today

Lisa Visentin