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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 5h

Australia-China Weekly Brief | September 24 - October 1 2026 The latest edition is out now, with @elenacollinson.bsky.social tracking the week in Australia-China relations. 📖: bit.ly/4zUo10C

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

As Australia navigates its relationship with the US and the PRC, Marina Zhang tells BBC News that the balancing act is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain, "but Australia has to do it". 📰: www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Stuck between superpowers: How Australia navigates the China-US rivalry

Australia is increasingly concerned about China's military might - but Beijing is also its biggest trade partner.

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

EVENT | Is a clash over Taiwan just around the corner? UTS:ACRI will host Linda Jakobson for a public lecture examining cross-Strait developments. 🗓️ Wed Oct 28, 5.30-7.00pm 📍 Level 3 Collaborative Theatre, UTS Business School 🔗 Registration is essential: bit.ly/4rAxtm8

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Speaking with James Macpherson on News24, @j-laurenceson.bsky.social discusses the national security implications of Chinese-made connected vehicles and the US-PRC AI competition ahead of the Trump-Xi summit. 🔗Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOkH...

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ASIO warns Chinese electric vehicles may be spying on us

YouTube video by News24

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Australia-China Weekly Brief | September 17 - September 24 2026 The latest edition is out now, with @elenacollinson.bsky.social tracking the week in Australia-China relations. 📖: bit.ly/4zUo10C

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ahead of the Trump-Xi summit in Washington, Marina Zhang tells ABC News that the US and the PRC are converging on AI risk concerns but diverging on solutions, and that building crisis communication channels between the two countries is essential. 📺 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=02OW...

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How China views Silicon Valley's calls for AI slowdown | Asia News Week | ABC NEWS

YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

On September 15, UTS:ACRI hosted a delegation from the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS) for a roundtable discussion on Australia's relationship with the PRC, the APEC Summit in Shenzhen, and academic exchanges between Australia and the PRC.

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Australia-China Weekly Brief | September 10 - September 17 2026 The latest edition is out now, with @elenacollinson.bsky.social tracking the week in Australia-China relations. 📖: bit.ly/4zUo10C

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

As speculation grows over a potential Tesla-SpaceX merger, Marina Zhang tells SCMP that navigating the competing demands of Washington & Beijing will be the real bottleneck, and that building a firewall between Tesla’s 🇨🇳 operations & SpaceX’s defence work creates its own dilemma 📰: bit.ly/4ypSIt5

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In Focus | Will geopolitics put a potential Musk merger between a rocket and a hard place?

Security concerns in Beijing and Washington could create ‘bottleneck’ if Elon Musk attempts to combine the two flagship companies.

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Australia-China Weekly Brief | September 3 - September 10 2026 The latest edition is out now, with @elenacollinson.bsky.social tracking the week in Australia-China relations. 📖: bit.ly/4zUo10C

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Australia’s termination of uni partnerships with the PRC will particularly affect academics and PhD researchers who collaborate with 🇨🇳 counterparts, @j-laurenceson.bsky.social tells The Strait Times, cautioning this risks 🇦🇺 losing connection to the global scientific frontier. 📰: bit.ly/3UuJcX3

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Former PM Paul Keating’s views on Australian sovereignty and navigating between the US and PRC are reflected on by Wanning Sun, following the Sydney launch of Grand Ambition: Paul Keating's Global Vision for Australia (Simon & Schuster, 2026). 🔗: bit.ly/3UpbulL

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Australia-China Weekly Brief | August 27 - September 3 2026 The latest edition is out now, with @elenacollinson.bsky.social tracking the week in Australia-China relations. 📖: bit.ly/4zUo10C

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

On 🇦🇺’s decision to cancel partnerships with two Chinese universities, @j-laurenceson.bsky.social tells @scmpnews.bsky.social the directive may prompt researchers to ‘proactively steer away from collaborations with China’. 📰 bit.ly/4zElS98

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

When does scrutiny of 🇨🇳 ties become suspicion by association? @elenacollinson.bsky.social examines recent reporting on Mandarin interpreter Charles Qin & what it reveals about how foreign interference concerns are balanced with principles of multicultural citizenship 🔗: bit.ly/4cUbJeL

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Australia-China Weekly Brief | August 20 - August 27 2026 The latest edition is out now, with @elenacollinson.bsky.social tracking the week in Australia-China relations. 📖: bit.ly/4yZNfKB

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

As the US threatens sanctions on 🇨🇳 over continued trade with Iran, @j-laurenceson.bsky.social tells news.com.au that 🇦🇺 would feel the indirect effects of a 🇺🇸🇨🇳 trade conflict, but direct retaliation against 🇦🇺 is unlikely given the mutual dependence underpinning the bilateral trade ties bit.ly/4gukkpw

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The PRC's humanoid robotics boom signals the next phase of AI, intelligence moving from data centres into the physical world. Australia’s opportunity is to find its niche in the emerging Physical AI value chain, writes Marina Zhang in the Lowy Institute's The Interpreter. 🔗:

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Physical AI is next – Australia can be the proving ground

The humanoid robotics race is a two-lane contest between China and America, and Australia doesn’t need to enter either lane to win.

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The cancellation of the ANU-Shandong University joint venture raises questions about where the line between education & national security risk is being drawn, Wanning Sun writes in @crikey.com.au, exploring what tightening research governance could mean for 🇦🇺's innovation capacity. 🔗: bit.ly/4xiOa7K

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If the US can’t afford to keep China out, can Australia?

If Australia truly is in a ‘global war for talent’, interventions in the university sector — similar to those made by America — are inflicting debilitating...

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Video recordings, transcript and image gallery of ‘Immigration: Fact and fiction’ are now available: bit.ly/3SfeH6B

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Australia-China Weekly Brief | August 6 - August 13 2026 The latest edition is out now, with @elenacollinson.bsky.social tracking the week in Australia-China relations. 📖: bit.ly/4yZNfKB

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Australia’s 2026 census omits mainland China from its listed country-of-birth options, despite some 732,000 Australian residents being born there. Wanning Sun and James Beattie examine in @crikey.com.au the reactions this has prompted and the broader questions it raises.🔗Read: bit.ly/4hB7Oa1

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ABS census opens a can of worms about the politics of being Chinese

Question 17 on the census has lit up group chats and left some Chinese-Australians scratching their heads about their place in society.

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

On the Pentagon-backed loan to develop the world's first scandium mine in 🇦🇺, Marina Zhang tells FDI Intelligence it is a “meaningful early test” of the 🇺🇸-🇦🇺 critical minerals framework, adding that success depends on building domestic capability, not just reducing 🇨🇳 dependency. 📰: bit.ly/4wYhRdW

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Scandium loan first test for US-Aussie critical minerals pact

Pentagon’s $400mn rare earth bet on Sunrise early evidence of bilateral partnership taking shape

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

As 🇨🇳 Ambassador Xiao Qian concludes his term in Australia, UTS:ACRI Adjunct Industry Fellow Glenda Korporaal writes in Pearls and Irritations that his tenure reflected a shift in the 🇦🇺-🇨🇳 relationship from deep freeze to cautious stability, though many tensions remain unresolved.🔗: bit.ly/3SjCmCO

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Australia-China Weekly Brief | August 6 - August 13 2026 The latest edition is out now, with @elenacollinson.bsky.social tracking the week in Australia-China relations. 📖: bit.ly/4yZNfKB

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

On August 3, UTS:ACRI hosted a delegation from the Guangdong Academy of Social Sciences for discussions on Australia-PRC economic, trade, energy and climate cooperation and challenges, ahead of the 33rd APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Shenzhen in November.

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

UTS:ACRI & China Matters are pleased to announce our 2026-27 Fellows: Annie Drahos, China Matters-UTS:ACRI Fellow, will examine the 🇦🇺- 🇨🇳green iron relationship; Leo Barry, Junior Fellow, will examine 🇨🇳-🇮🇩 relations and implications for Australia.

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Australia-China Weekly Brief | July 30 - August 6 2026 The latest edition is out now, with @elenacollinson.bsky.social tracking the week in Australia-China relations. 📖: bit.ly/4yZNfKB

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

EVENT | Immigration: Fact and fiction Join Wanning Sun, Abul Rizvi & @redrabbleroz.bsky.social for an interactive forum to explore Australia's political and public debate about migration, chaired by Vanessa Chan. 🗓️Tue 18 Aug, 5.30-7.30pm 📍UTS Business School, Level 3 Public Space

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

In a new Toda Institute policy brief, UTS:ACRI Adjunct Prof Mark Beeson traces APEC's evolution, focusing on the roles Australia and Japan have played. He notes that the upcoming APEC Summit in Shenzhen could offer an opportunity to reshape APEC's direction. 🔗Read: bit.ly/4fxZLIg

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Australia-China Weekly Brief | July 23-30 2026 The latest edition is out now, with @elenacollinson.bsky.social tracking the week in Australia-China relations. 📖: bit.ly/3Rf44QD 📬 Receive the Australia-China Weekly Brief directly in your inbox. To subscribe, email acri@uts.edu.au.

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

With 🇨🇳 cars projected to account for 58% of vehicle imports to 🇦🇺 by 2035, Marina Zhang tells Australian Financial Review weak domestic demand & reduced subsidies have made exporting an imperative for 🇨🇳 car makers. Success in 🇦🇺 market, she notes, sends a strong signal for int'l growth📰 bit.ly/4wxbDSb

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Wanning Sun will chair a panel discussion on the PRC's soft power initiatives with Jonathan Hassid, Maria Repnikova and Minglu Chen. Hosted by @sydney.edu.au China Studies Centre & School of Social and Political Sciences, 4 August, 5-6:30pm. Sign up now⬇️ www.eventbrite.com.au/e/reshaping-...

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Reshaping China’s Global Image

Join this panel discussion to unpack China's efforts to enhance its international image through a range of soft power initiatives.

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

On July 19, @j-laurenceson.bsky.social joined Australia-China Youth Association’s #ACELS19 Economic Panel in Brisbane, where he reflected on the resilience of Australia-China trade.

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

EVENT | Immigration: Fact and Fiction Wanning Sun, Abul Rizvi and @redrabbleroz.bsky.social will discuss Australia's political and public debate about migration in an interactive forum chaired by Vanessa Chan, President of the Chinese Australian Forum.

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Following the US @NSF’s ban on collaborations with Chinese research institutions, Wanning Sun writes in @crikey.com.au that Australia's distinct circumstances warrant separate consideration before following a similar approach to curtail 🇦🇺🇨🇳 research collaborations.🔗Read: bit.ly/4wgvdC6

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Australia-China Weekly Brief | July 16-23 2026 The latest edition is out now, with @elenacollinson.bsky.social tracking the week in Australia-China relations. 📖: bit.ly/3Rf44QD

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The PRC now leads global EV sales and has overtaken Japan as Australia’s primary source of new vehicles in 2026. In @aunz.theconversation.com, Marina Zhang examines what drove this rise and what it means for Australia.🔗 bit.ly/3RMUgxx

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

UTS:ACRI Adjunct Professor Mark Beeson examines the PRC’s Global Governance Initiative's proposals on multilateralism and global cooperation in Durham University's @globalpolicy.bsky.social.🔗 bit.ly/44zvd3U

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Global governance with Chinese characteristics?

As older hegemons increasingly look inward, Mark Beeson explores overlooked Chinese ideas to address major global problems.

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

At a panel discussion by @digitalscience.bsky.social & Dimensions, @j-laurenceson.bsky.social examined trends in Australia-PRC research collaboration and policy considerations shaping institutional decision-making. 📹Full recording: bit.ly/4fL9wE8

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

On PRC President Xi Jinping’s World AI Conference speech in Shanghai, Marina Zhang tells the Sydney Morning Herald that both 🇺🇸 and 🇨🇳 recognise AI will determine their competitiveness and they are using different approaches to innovate. 📰: bit.ly/4fpEdxo

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

What happens when private tech companies acquire state-like powers without public accountability? Marina Zhang uses Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ to examine corporate control over sensitive data and critical infrastructure. Via Lowy Institute 🔗: www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...

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When tech giants exercise state power

Spielberg’s Disclosure Day imagines corporations with the reach of governments – and none of the accountability.

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Australia-China Weekly Brief | July 9-16 2026 The latest edition is out now, with @elenacollinson.bsky.social tracking the week in Australia-China relations. 📖: bit.ly/3Rf44QD

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

In FT Chinese, @j-laurenceson.bsky.social and Wanning Sun examine Australia’s research security settings, distinguishing fundamental research from classified work and assessing the effects of reduced collaboration with the PRC. 🔗Eng translation: bit.ly/3SUlliF

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Australia’s research governance policies risk stifling innovation — and amount to national self-harm

share_windows This article is an English translation of an opinion piece published in FT Chinese on 13 July 2026.

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Australia's military footprint in the South China Sea has expanded steadily, but that presence may become harder to sustain under changing geopolitical conditions, UTS:ACRI Adjunct Fellow Frank Yuan writes in South China Sea Newswire.

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Australia’s South China Sea presence may soon face a strategic test

share_windows This article appeared in South China Sea Newswire on July 7 2026.

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The PRC’s beef safeguards will reduce Australian exports by around 100,000 tonnes in 2026. UTS:ACRI Adjunct Industry Fellow Murray Davis explores in Perspectives what the measures reveal about PRC policy priorities and their impact on trade outcomes.🔗 bit.ly/4voPyUo

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

On July 7, @j-laurenceson.bsky.social attended the 9th International Workshop on Building Regional Security Architecture in Asia Pacific, co-hosted by Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS) and Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Indonesia.

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Australia-China Weekly Brief | July 2-9 2026 The latest edition is out now, with @elenacollinson.bsky.social tracking the week in Australia-China relations. 📖: bit.ly/3Rf44QD

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Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS @acri-uts.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Wanning Sun unpacks in @crikey.com.au why some Chinese-Australians continue to support Pauline Hanson despite her anti-Asian rhetoric, and what this reveals about political identity in multicultural Australia.🔗https://bit.ly/3QS93GE

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