War on China

The so-called China threat was discussed at a webinar on November 30 of around 150 people. Jim McIlroy reports.

The Independent and Peaceful Australia Network's聽annual conference criticised federal Labor for failing to聽pursue an independent聽foreign policy. Paul Oboohov 谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.听

After years of bellicose anti-China rhetoric from Australian and US elites, the fact that Xi Jinping, Joe Biden and Anthony Albanese did actually meet does seem positive. Alex Bainbridge聽looks at what it really聽represents.

As an army band played the Last Post, peace activists stood silently, wearing small placards, warning of militarism and war. Jim McIlroy reports.

Australia鈥檚 slide towards war has continued since the May election, and Labor's聽war powers inquiry may do nothing to stop it. Alison Broinowksi reports.

Earthcare not warfare

Not only are we being told to prepare for war with China, but to expect it.听It鈥檚 the stuff of nightmares, writes Sam Wainwright.

The Pitch Black military exercises are one element in a series that tie聽Australia to US plans for retaining its regional military dominance in the face of China鈥檚 rise, writes聽Vince Scappatura.听

The aggressive questioning of聽China鈥檚 ambassador Xiao Qian鈥檚 presentation to the National Press Club聽showed how the bourgeois media stirs animosity towards China. William Briggs reports.

The ABC聽says China is聽making 鈥渙utlandish鈥 claims about Australia. But Tomahawk Cruise missiles on Australian vessels, nuclear-powered submarines and聽integration of NATO into the Indo-Pacific all point in one direction, argues William Briggs.

Conservative Australian think tanks, loaded with cash from United States鈥 sources and in furious agreement, are delighted with the AUKUS聽pact and its potential for local industries, argues聽Binoy Kampmark.

Australians for War Powers Reform have called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to follow through on Labor鈥檚 promise to hold an inquiry into war powers reform. Pip Hinman聽谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.听

AUKUS represents a deliberate and dangerous escalation of the United States-led confrontation with China, which Australia should reject, argues聽Sam Wainwright.