Tag: China

Aus-China trade: we’re on a mission

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Roll, up, roll up. The great China-Australia trade mission is once again cranking up. The Turnbull Government will put the afterburners on with the promise of a “largest-ever” business...

Shenzhen opens door to ideas boom

Posted on   |  by James Riley
China’s southern city of Shenzhen has turned its lonely eyes to Australia, scouring the country for ideas and innovations and perhaps the chance to lure some of our entrepreneurial...

Atlassian shrugs off market woes

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
Australia’s software darling Atlassian has been caught up in the New Year’s stock rout, losing more than 20 per cent of its value over the past two days. The...

Hail the chief: The PM in America

Posted on   |  by James Riley
There is a certain order of things that need to happen on the international front when a new Prime Minister takes charge in Australia. When Mr Turnbull took over...

China jitters holds a silver lining

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
The world’s economic jitters – and particularly Asia’s – are finally being felt in the technology sector, which has been more immune than most in recent years. Those jitters...

President Xi’s seduction in Seattle

Posted on   |  by James Riley
There is intensifying competition between the world’s two largest economies in the technology sector. Part of this competition is overt – with Chinese tech and internet companies now of...

Australia dragging chain on security

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The lines are forming on the battleground of the 21st century. Cyber security is emerging as a major point of tension between nations, and as a significant area of...

Raby: China is still a struggle

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s former Ambassador to China Geoff Raby is now chairman of Australian technology firm Smartrans Ltd amongst a raft of other, mainly China related, board positions, but cautions that...

Turnbull’s an old China hand

Posted on   |  by James Riley
In May 2011, in his final months as Australia’s Ambassador to China, Geoff Raby –one of Australia’ most outspoken diplomats in recent years – delivered the withering put down...