News & Views Man drives car through crowd in southern China, killing 35 and injuring dozens A man in China has rammed his car into a crowd of people exercising at a sports complex, killing 35 people and injuring dozens of others.
News & Views ‘Beyond the lines of decency’: Chinese officials accused of blocking the view of Cheng Lei at Parliament House Chinese embassy officials allegedly blocked the view of Australian journalist Cheng Lei while she was reporting a document signing ceremony.
News & Views Penny Wong hits back at Paul Keating over ‘lecture’ on her ‘country of birth’ Penny Wong has hit back at former Prime Minister of Australia Paul Keating, who accused the Minister of “rattling the China can”.
News & Views Aussie Margaret Zhang leaves Vogue China after three years. What next? Three years after taking on the role of Vogue’s youngest ever director, Margaret Zhang, 30, has announced she is stepping down.
News & Views Cheng Lei is making up for “absent mummy” time Cheng Lei At 48, journalist Cheng Lei is a mother of two who is now trying to make up for “absent mummy” time back home in Melbourne.
News & Views ‘Tight hugs, teary screams’: Cheng Lei released from three-year detainment in China Australian journalist Cheng Lei has been released from a Chinese prison and returned safely to Melbourne, following a three-year detainment.
News & Views Penny Wong warns: No country should “dominate” In a speech at the National Press Club today, Foreign Minister Penny Wong will reiterate the importance of a “strategic equilibrium” in Asia where “no country dominates, and no country is dominated.
World Mad world: The global flashpoints to watch in 2023 in the era of ‘polycrisis’ There are a range of new flashpoints and ongoing deadly conflicts the world has largely ignored due to the focus on Ukraine.
World China’s attempts to tackle gender inequality in workplace with latest legal amendments China’s top legislative body passed an amendment to the Women’s Rights and Interests Protection Law in an effort to improve gender equality.
News & Views Where are the women?: Zero female representation in China’s Politburo for the first time in 25 years China’s president Xi Jinping announced his new leadership team this week and there’s not a woman in sight for the first time in 25 years.
News & Views Foreign Minister Penny Wong likely to meet with her Chinese counterpart in New York Penny Wong may be meeting with China’s foreign minister in New York this week on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
News & Views China, Solomon Islands & Ukraine: Where Marise Payne and Penny Wong stand ahead of debate Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong will face off at the National Press Club on Friday.