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Australia’s defence – navigating US-China tensions in changing world

March 17, 2025

SPECIAL REPORT: By Peter Cronau for Declassified Australia Australia is caught in a jam, between an assertive American ally and a bold Chinese trading partner. America is accelerating its pivot to the Indo-Pacific, building up its fighting forces and expanding its military bases. As Australia tries to navigate a pathway between America’s and Australia’s national ... <a title="Australia’s defence – navigating US-China tensions in changing world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/17/australias-defence-navigating-us-china-tensions-in-changing-world/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s defence – navigating US-China tensions in changing world">Read more</a>

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China Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s perfectly-timed, Aukus-themed visit to New Zealand

March 18, 2024

Analysis by Geoffrey Miller – Democracy Project (https://democracyproject.nz) Timing is everything. And from China’s perspective, this week’s visit by its foreign minister to New Zealand could be coming at just the right moment. The visit by Wang Yi to Wellington will be his first since 2017. Anniversaries are important to Beijing. It is more than ... <a title="China Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s perfectly-timed, Aukus-themed visit to New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/18/china-foreign-minister-wang-yis-perfectly-timed-aukus-themed-visit-to-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about China Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s perfectly-timed, Aukus-themed visit to New Zealand">Read more</a>