Beneath the doveish rhetoric of Xiao Qian, Xi Jinping’s man in Australia, in these pages is a subtext full of self-interest: Australia should not fall in with US demands for its allies to lift defence ...

Xi Jinping’s top diplomat in Australia has warned Anthony Albanese that increasing military spending will impose a “heavy ...

China's ambassador to Australia has hit out at NATO's recent defence spending boost and warned the federal government ...

A young man was rushed to hospital with multiple stab wounds after he was attacked by a group of 10 males in a suburban park in Sydney's south-west. Emergency services were called to Auburn Street, ...

Here in New Zealand, the government cut RNZ’s budget by $18m over four years in the last budget – that’s almost $5m a year. Now RNZ is starting to ask for voluntary redundancies when we already have ...

Chinese provocations in the Yellow Sea are part of broader campaign by Beijing to assert its influence over the region.

China has reopened its market to seafood from Japan after a nearly two-year ban over the discharge of slightly radioactive ...

Beijing seeks to replace the U.S. as a primary security partner for Southeast Asian states, and it has been actively pursuing ...

The island plans to start introducing sea drones to its naval forces this year as part of preparations for what it sees as a ...

Quad countries launch a joint initiative to secure critical minerals and reduce reliance on China’s supply chains.

The Chinese navy is in the Strait of Gibraltar as a U.S. aircraft carrier makes its way from the East Coast to Europe.