As trade tensions between the U.S. and China rise, there is an emerging concern that Australia’s own even-deeper economic relationship with China presents an unacceptable security risk. This raises the question of how the new debate about “bounded engagement” with China should be applied to the economic relationship.

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There is rising concern that Australia’s even-deeper business ties with China present an unacceptable security risk as Beijing becomes increasingly authoritarian at home and more activist overseas. So how should the emerging debate about the so-called “bounded engagement” with China apply to economic relations?

As disruption spawns a new style of leadership, AFR BOSS magazine explores how Millennial leaders differ from their older counterparts.

China’s Belt and Road Initiative is one of President Xi’s most ambitious foreign and economic initiatives. It reflects a combination of economic and strategic drivers, not all of which can be easily reconciled. There are strategic drivers behind China’s Belt and Road Initiative, but it is also motivated by the country’s pressing domestic economic challenges. The combination of strategic and economic drivers is not always easy to reconcile. In some cases, China’s strategic objectives make it difficult to sell the economic aspects of the initiative to China’s neighbours. The Chinese Government is keen to use the initiative to achieve important economic policy objectives, but some Chinese financiers and policymakers are cautious about funding risky Belt and Road projects outside of China, fearing poor return on their investments. Written by ACYD alumnus Peter Cai.

It’s trite but true to say that all politics is local. Foreign policy rarely gets a look in at election time in Australia. Moreover, the conventional view is that the divisions between the two major parties on foreign policy questions are narrow enough to make little difference at the ballot box.

For many of Australians, our knowledge of the Pacific is superficial: a week spent lazing by a pool or docked in a port on board a cruise ship. However, the overarching significance of our relationship is that as a large regional player, stability and prosperity within the region matters as much to us as it does to our neighbours.

The U.S.-China bilateral relationship is widely regarded by politicians, practitioners, and pundits as the world’s most important. Effectively managing China’s reemergence as a major power in the context of a U.S.-led international order is seen as key to continuing peace and security in the Asia-Pacific. But is working together the best way for China to get what it wants?

The conclusion earlier this week of another round of international climate change negotiations -- this year held in Lima -- marked the end of a highly-charged month of climate change politics in which Australia and China featured prominently, albeit for very different reasons.

It was announced that a China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (CHAFTA) had finally been reached after more than a decade of negotiations. While most Australian media attention was focused on domestic produce, the CHAFTA also contains two provisions that affect Australian architects, which have been met with cautious optimism.

Consumer-driven organic farming practices in China have the potential to stem falling participation rates in the agriculture sector and help ensure the safety and sustainability of Chinese food production, a key Australia-China bilateral initiative has heard

The Australian Government appeared to have been caught unawares by the recent China-US emissions reduction announcement at APEC, suggesting – unsurprisingly – that the dynamics of US-China relations evolve without Australia. Nevertheless, there is a real, albeit still emerging three-way relationship between Australia, China, and the US, one in which Australia has much more room to direct its own role.  

While China and Australia maintain divergent social and political landscapes, sport is a source of common ground – a pastime able to transcend cultural boundaries to form the basis of meaningful people-to-people exchange.

After an intensive week of seminars, speeches and sessions on issues ranging from security and the environment to global trade and politics, the final topic for discussion at the 2013 Australia-China Youth Dialogue (ACYD) was that of Australia-China creative industries. Speakers included Leslie Always, Greame Lewsey, Paul Lacy, and Michell Guo.

在最近的一篇文章里，Natalie Karam呼吁陆克文从亚洲梦中清醒过来。对于工党和自由党相继提出的亚洲学习支持计划，她质疑亚洲学习在澳洲学生中是否真有如此大的市场？ Karam女士提到教育界需要进行调整以迎接亚洲世纪的到来。但从字里行间可以看出她本人对于亚洲的陈见。同时她也只字未提亚洲语言。