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Richard McGregor

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What if China copies Iran and stops LNG flowing though Taiwan Strait?

The Iran conflict isn’t just a wake-up call about domestic oil and refining capacity. It is about something much bigger, and with far greater...

10.04.2026 10

Financial Review

Richard Mcgregor

Purging the generals confirms Xi’s absolute power

The question for countries like Australia and its allies is how the generational upheaval at the top of the Chinese military affects its ambitions and...

28.01.2026 8

Financial Review

Richard McGregor

Chinese ambassador’s rosy pitch masks Xi’s top-down power play

After the 2025 that Beijing has had, the idea of it ending five-year plans and putting its fate more squarely in the hands of the free market is...

04.12.2025 10

Financial Review

Richard McGregor

China’s rare earths gambit exposes Trump’s weak spots

Whatever one thinks of Beijing, Xi has set clear policy objectives – to dominate high-tech industries and use them as leverage against the US –...

15.10.2025 20

Financial Review

Richard McGregor

How Donald Trump has turned the White House into his Imperial Court

Trump’s brute exercise of America’s size and strength is making him the most powerful president in recent history. But what comes next?

29.08.2025 20

Financial Review

Richard McGregor

There’s no free lunch with Xi, as Trump will surely remind Albanese

The prime minister could not escape the incendiary matter of Taiwan on his tour of China, even while it’s unclear where Donald Trump stands.

17.07.2025 10

WA Today

Richard McGregor

There’s no free lunch with Xi, as Trump will surely remind Albanese

The prime minister could not escape the incendiary matter of Taiwan on his tour of China, even while it’s unclear where Donald Trump stands.

17.07.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Richard McGregor

There’s no free lunch with Xi, as Trump will surely remind Albanese

The prime minister could not escape the incendiary matter of Taiwan on his tour of China, even while it’s unclear where Donald Trump stands.

17.07.2025 20

The Age

Richard McGregor

There’s no free lunch with Xi, as Trump will surely remind Albanese

The prime minister could not escape the incendiary matter of Taiwan on his tour of China, even while it’s unclear where Donald Trump stands.

17.07.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Richard McGregor

Rumours of Xi’s downfall distract from China’s real challenges

The notion that Xi Jinping is about to be toppled is a distraction from the real cleavages in Chinese politics.

11.07.2025 20

Financial Review

Richard McGregor

Trump’s ‘deal’ with China is just a waypoint to the next fight

Donald Trump behaves as though he has an unfettered ability to dictate terms to foreign countries, but that doesn’t work when you are so reliant on...

13.06.2025 10

Financial Review

Richard McGregor

My China trip made one thing clear about the global trade war

The Chinese mean it when they say they won’t cave to Washington’s escalating threats. They have many cards to play.

15.04.2025 20

Financial Review

Richard McGregor

Trump reaching out to Putin is no ‘reverse Nixon’

The Pollyannaish claim that the US president is playing diplomatic chess to isolate Russia from China is a fantasy.

28.02.2025 20

Financial Review

Richard McGregor