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On TikTok,there’s only one winner from Trump’s tariff death spiral with China

First came the AI-generated videos depicting Americans working in sweatshops. Since then,it’s been open slather,gifting Beijing a PR win.

  • Lisa Visentin

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Pope Francis has an outstanding wish to visit China. How far will the Vatican go to deliver it?

Pope Francis has an outstanding wish. How far will the Vatican go to deliver it?

No Pope has set foot in China,but Francis wants that to change. Critics say the cost of doing deals with Beijing has already been too high.

  • Lisa Visentin
Chinese Xi Jinping arrives in Hanoi on Monday as part of a five-day tour of South East Asia.

Xi’s neighbourly charm offensive touches a raw nerve for Trump

Donald Trump has already hit out at Xi Jinping’s visit to Vietnam,accusing the two sides of “trying to figure out,‘How do we screw the United States of America?’ ”

  • Lisa Visentin
Former High Court of Australia judge Robert French has quit his role as an overseas judge on Hong Kong’s top court.

‘Arguably cosmetic’:Top Australian judge Robert French quits Hong Kong court

The former High Court of Australia chief justice is the latest overseas judge to resign from the bench after Beijing’s crackdown on the city.

  • Lisa Visentin
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China says US stands to become ‘a joke in the history of the world economy’

After lifting tariffs on US goods again,to 125 per cent,China’s Finance Ministry signalled Beijing would no longer go tit-for-tat with the Trump administration.

  • Lisa Visentin andMichael Koziol
Donald Trump is staring across the table at the “inscrutable” President Xi Jinping,writes Tom Dolan.

Xi holds more cards than Trump in trade showdown

With the two leaders standing eyeball to eyeball as global markets whipsaw around them,who will blink?

  • Lisa Visentin
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Australian-Korean adoptees have been calling for a national inquiry into what authorities knew about the ethical and legal issues plaguing the Eastern Social Welfare Society,which facilitated thousands of adoptions to Australia.

Did Australia know? South Korean adoptees demand answers over global scandal

Labor has promised,if re-elected,to investigate concerns about the program that facilitated thousands of adoptions to Australia.

  • Lisa Visentin
Stand-off:US President Donald Trump and China President Xi Jinping.

China whacks US with extra 50 per cent tariff as trade war escalates

Analysts believe a deal between the world’s two biggest economies is now unlikely in the short term because it would require major concessions.

  • Lisa Visentin
Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

In this game of tariff chicken,China has little to lose

Long gone are the heady days of January,when Donald Trump and Xi Jinping spoke of solving the world’s problems together.

  • Lisa Visentin
Rows of babies waiting for overseas adoption in 1984 at the Angel Babies’ Home orphanage.

Josie was handed two Korean toddlers at the airport. They sobbed ‘mummy’ the whole way to Australia

The former social worker says she is horrified by what she was asked to do in 1984 and is calling for an inquiry into Australia’s overseas adoption practices.

  • Lisa Visentin