Matthew went to get his iPhone fixed – and spent the next five years in a Beijing jail

Matthew went to get his iPhone fixed – and spent the next five years in a Beijing jail

An Australian man says an extortion attempt at an electronics repair store landed him in prison,where he was forced to confess to stealing his own phone.

  • byLisa Visentin

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China accuses Australia of deliberate provocation in South China Sea

China accuses Australia of deliberate provocation in South China Sea

China’s Defence Ministry accused an Australian military aircraft of ignoring the main routes in the busy waterway,saying it “broke into the homes” of others.

  • byLiz Lee,Xiuhao Chen andKirsty Needham
‘Let’s go,bro!’ Australian tourist suspected of triggering wild Bali brawl

‘Let’s go,bro!’ Australian tourist suspected of triggering wild Bali brawl

Bali police are still looking for four tourists involved in the fight in which four security guards were injured.

  • byZach Hope andKaruni Rompies
The US was cleaning up its deadly mess in Cambodia – then came Trump’s call

The US was cleaning up its deadly mess in Cambodia – then came Trump’s call

The United States dropped millions of tonnes of bombs on Cambodia. Now efforts to get rid of them have been thrown into disarray.

  • byZach Hope andNara Lon
How drug labs in China fuel Trump’s global trade war

How drug labs in China fuel Trump’s global trade war

The Wuhan company didn’t bother with the dark web. It spruiked its goods right in the open,showing mounds of white powder that were available in a “Mexico hot sale″⁣.

  • byLisa Visentin
After years of bad blood,there’s finally action at Bali’s desolate Sari Club site

After years of bad blood,there’s finally action at Bali’s desolate Sari Club site

Years of efforts by Australian and Indonesian families to transform the Bali bombing site into something befitting its significance have come to naught – until now.

  • byZach Hope andAmilia Rosa
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Meet Sonia:The fly-in,fly-out tech exec who travels to Sydney from Asia’s Silicon Valley

Meet Sonia:The fly-in,fly-out tech exec who travels to Sydney from Asia’s Silicon Valley

Our commercial and cultural links with India’s “dynamic south” are on the up.

  • byMatt Wade
‘Very volatile’:Beijing retaliates with tariffs on US imports,Google probe
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‘Very volatile’:Beijing retaliates with tariffs on US imports,Google probe

Within minutes of the new Trump-imposed tariffs hitting Chinese imports,Beijing fired back with a suite of tariffs and a probe into Google.

  • byLisa Visentin
Why China must be quietly pleased that Trump has made it a target

Why China must be quietly pleased that Trump has made it a target

Around the world,Beijing is working to peel away support for a US-led international system and recast itself as a more reliable partner in trade,development and security.

  • byLisa Visentin
For Xi Jinping,Year of the Snake is destined to be turbulent

For Xi Jinping,Year of the Snake is destined to be turbulent

Those born in 1941,1953,1965,1977,1989,2001,2013 and 2025 are said to be wise and charming,but also mysterious and cunning.

  • byLisa Visentin
‘I would not forgive’:Accused killer speaks about deaths of holidaying Australian couple
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‘I would not forgive’:Accused killer speaks about deaths of holidaying Australian couple

Ronel Estipona Perido allegedly killed Sydney man David Fisk and his Australian-Filipina partner Lucita Cortez to feed an online gambling addiction.

  • byZach Hope