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Gloss coming off the China dream

The message we have been hearing from the Coalition government for almost three years is about the unbridled opportunities available in China. The apotheosis of this was the signing...

China’s surprising FinTech boom

Posted on   |  by James Riley
For all the Chinese government’s grand plans to bring the country charging into the 21st Century as a powerhouse of science and technology the truth is, like its North...

Xi plots China’s innovation future

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has stepped up his rhetoric on the country’s digital and innovation future, setting out a clear timetable for the world’s most populous nation to seize...

Trade deals a mile wide, inch deep

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Scott Morrison’s first budget will throw almost $2 million to enhance its new “Open for Business” Free Trade Agreement portal, a move it hopes will start plugging the gaps...

Turnbull in China: It’s all upside

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
The Innovation stream for government’s ambitious Australia Week in China program running this week may not have been the most popular on the massive eight-city caravan that has seen...

It’s springtime in China for the PM

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
Australian businesses will get a close look at some of China’s biggest technology companies including Huawei Technologies, Alibaba, Baidu, and JD.com as part of the Australia Week in China...

IP issues loom in ChAFTA upside

Posted on   |  by James Riley
While Australia’s newly-appointed Special Envoy for Trade is singing the upside of ChAFTA for local services firms, he concedes IP issues remain a tricky issue for tech. But Andrew...

China tech and the five-year-plan

Posted on   |  by James Riley
For all the talk from China’s leaders these past two-and-a half-years of economic reforms that will allow the market and private enterprise to have a larger role in the...

SIV torrent turns to a slow trickle

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
The geyser of mainly Chinese money meant to fertilize Australia’s venture capital and startup sectors, and small cap companies, via the government’s recast Significant Investment Visa scheme has largely...

Turnbull readies first China visit

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is readying to make his first visit to China since he took office – most likely in April according to talk in government and...