Tag: China
Global emissions almost back to pre-pandemic levels after unprecedented drop in 2020, new analysis shows
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Global carbon dioxide emissions have bounced back after COVID-19 restrictions and are likely to reach close to pre-pandemic levels this year, our analysis released...
Why the Australia-France submarine deal collapse was predictable
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Australia’s unilateral cancellation of its contract to purchase French submarines and sign up for the AUKUS security pact constitutes a slap in the face for...
Sunday Essay: an introduction to Confucius, his ideas and their lasting relevance
Confucius at the ‘Apricot Altar’. By Kano Tan'yû (Japanese, 1602–1674). Mid-17th century. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The man widely known in the English...
On its first try, China’s Zhurong rover hit a Mars milestone that took NASA decades
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China’s Zhurong rover landed safely on Mars on May 15, making China only the third country to successfully land a rover on the red planet.
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Australia would be wise not to pound ‘war drums’ over Taiwan with so much at stake
Taiwan’s military has been on alert amid large numbers of Chinese war plane incursions in its air space. Chiang Ying-ying/AP
Australians woke up to...
I was the Australian doctor on the WHO’s COVID-19 mission to China. Here’s what we found about the origins of the coronavirus
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Doctor Dominic Dwyer: pic courtesy ABC
As I write, I am in hotel quarantine in Sydney, after returning from Wuhan, China....