Continents

Australian accent on US role in Asia-Pacific

1 Jun 2012

Within the Obama administration's plan to 'pivot' towards Asia and the Pacific is a shift in emphasis away from Japan and South Korea in northeast Asia to Australia in Southeast Asia.

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Beijing warned over looming challenges

5 Jan 2012

China is expected to face more challenges on its doorstep this year as the US pursues a strategic return to Asia, and neighbours seek to benefit from regional competition between Beijing and...

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At peace

23 Jun 2011

Antarctica seems an oasis of peace in a strife-ridden world. That may be largely because, 50 years ago today, the Antarctic Treaty came into force on all land and ice shelves south of 60 degrees...

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Michael Church

14 Jun 2010

Much has been made of this World Cup being Africa's first as Fifa, world soccer's governing body, aims to embrace and reward an entire continent, attempting to correct an imbalance that has...

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Make an effort to understand the real Africa

25 Mar 2010

The missing continent in our education . . . Oh, Africa, the country where all the poor children are. I donate money every now and then, but do I know anything about the people?

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Africa, continent of light and bounty

15 May 2009

Many people call Africa the 'dark continent'. Although I am not from Africa, and have never been there, I think this is doing an injustice to Africa.

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Opinion

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

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Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

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Mainland leads Asia in giving women small jobs in big firms

Big businesses on the mainland employ more women at the junior level than in any other Asian country, a survey has revealed.

Singapore, however, outperforms the mainland, India and...

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Crisis lends credence to Asian Union idea

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's proposal in June to create an economic and security institution for Asia, along the lines of the European Union model, came in for some severe criticism....

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The challenge of creating an Asia-Pacific union

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd thinks big. He wants to turn Asia into another European Union and, last week, he began his campaign to make that concept a reality.

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Ship's sinking a grim reminder

A cruise ship with 100 passengers aboard which sank off Antarctica last November vividly illustrates the environmental threat posed by the rising number of eco-visitors. MS Explorer spilled...

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Australia, China at the tipping point?

Australia and China celebrated the 35th anniversary of official ties between the two countries this month.

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African plum ripe for picking

Africa, with its wide open spaces, vast mineral and precious stone wealth, tracts of arable land and other resources, has long been a prize for any nation going through a rapid phase of...

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