Do China and the US need a ‘red telephone’ to prevent a war?

Do China and the US need a ‘red telephone’ to prevent a war?

Australian politicians are being urged to play a more active role in preventing conflict between the world’s two main superpowers.

  • byMatthew Knott

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Albo’s economic report card:Must try harder to secure our future

Albo’s economic report card:Must try harder to secure our future

The government is making an each-way bet when it comes to dealing with the energy transition – and that’s a big problem.

  • byRoss Gittins
US v China:the final verdict

US v China:the final verdict

After a half-century of diplomatic sparring,the two nations are now openly rivals,seeking dominance in diplomatic clout,economic heft,military might,technology mastery and even climate change reform.

  • byEryk Bagshaw andMatthew Knott
Power to change:Why the US and China must work together on the climate crisis

Power to change:Why the US and China must work together on the climate crisis

Can these two great rivals quarantine climate change from their broader competition for supremacy? There are mixed messages from both superpowers.

  • byNick O'Malley
Robots,electric cars and face-scanners:China and the US vie to build the future
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Robots,electric cars and face-scanners:China and the US vie to build the future

China has long held ambitions to dominate the technologies that will shape the 21st century. It was only when it announced them that the US finally responded.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
If the US went to war with China,who would win? It depends how it starts

If the US went to war with China,who would win? It depends how it starts

If China chose to attack Taiwan,the US could be powerless to stop it. But if China wanted to conquer Taiwan,that’s a different story.

  • byChris Zappone andEryk Bagshaw
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Will China or the United States win the ‘competition to win the 21st century’?

Will China or the United States win the ‘competition to win the 21st century’?

Today on Please Explain,North America correspondent Matt Knott and North Asia correspondent Eryk Bagshaw join Nathanael Cooper to look at the superpowers’ struggle for world domination

  • byNathanael Cooper
Beijing played a good hand as COVID supercharged the China-US image war

Beijing played a good hand as COVID supercharged the China-US image war

Even though the first known COVID-19 outbreak originated in Wuhan,China has leveraged the pandemic to bolster its global reputation.

  • byLouisa Lim
Richest nation or richest people? Economic supremacy in the balance

Richest nation or richest people? Economic supremacy in the balance

Biden says the US is in a competition with China to win the 21st century - but Beijing is on track to beat them.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
How to win friends and influence nations:China and the US battle it out

How to win friends and influence nations:China and the US battle it out

Trump shunned the world. China angered it. Now Beijing and Washington are in a race to gain the greatest diplomatic clout.

  • byMatthew Knott
China versus the US:50 years of friendships and feuds

China versus the US:50 years of friendships and feuds

The two nations are right now locked in open rivalry for world domination - but for many years,they tried to be allies.

  • byTom Compagnoni