Glass Wings Blog: China

African footballers in China: what’s behind the sport migration trend
Are German auto giants threatened by Chinese cars like NIO’s ET9?
As China Disappears People and Histories, An Artist Fights Back
Australia may have to choose between a Chinese TikTok and one owned by Trump’s billionaire backers
Australia must not become complacent to China’s aggression in the South China Sea
Australia should hitch its solar wagon to the China juggernaut
Australian innovation helped launch China solar juggernaut – now it’s time to hitch a ride with PV giants
Australia’s small business shipments are caught in the US-China trade war crossfire
Auto Shanghai 2025 Wasn’t Just a Car Show. It Was a Warning to the West
Back to the Future: China Revives Blimps, Now Fully Electric
Beijing’s ‘plausible deniability’ on arms supply is quickly becoming implausible – and could soon extend to Iran
Cathay Pacific apologises over inflight Family Guy episode with Tiananmen Square scene
Caught in the contest between China and the west, the Cook Islands asks where its future lies
China and Russia increasingly working ‘in tandem’ to undermine faith in governance, top Finnish official claims
China confirms that installing solar panels in deserts irreversibly transforms the ecosystem
China didn’t violate any rules with its live-fire naval exercises. So, why are Australia and NZ so worried?
China flexes its media muscle in Africa – encouraging positive headlines as part of a soft power agenda
China has invested billions in ports around the world. This is why the West is so concerned
China Just Turned Off U.S. Supplies Of Minerals Critical For Defense & Cleantech
China may not invade Taiwan, but rather blockade it. How would this work, and could it be effective?
China ‘planned car collision’ during Taiwan vice-president’s visit to Prague
China poised to turn on one of world’s most powerful sources of x-ray light
China races to build world’s largest solar farm, complete with “photovoltaic sheep”
China reportedly orders its airlines to halt Boeing jet deliveries amid US trade war
China solar giant breaks solar cell efficiency record, unveils powerful new module
China solar giant launches new module range to address glaring issue at airports
China solar giant unveils “most efficient industrial photovoltaic product in the world”
China switches on first large-scale lithium-sodium hybrid storage project
China’s coal heartland fighting for a greener future
China’s Economic Problem Isn’t Just ‘Japanification’ – It May Be Worse
China’s economy took centre stage in Xi’s new year address, spinning slow growth as a ‘remarkable’ achievement
China’s Everest obsession: following Mallory’s footsteps a century on, I saw how tourism and climate change are transforming the mountain
China’s greening steel industry signals an economic reality check for Australia
China’s influence grows at COP29 climate talks as US leadership fades
China’s interest in the next Dalai Lama is also about control of Tibet’s water supply
China’s military follows Australian and Canadian warships in Taiwan Strait accusing them of ‘provocation’
China’s new underwater tool cuts deep, exposing vulnerability of vital network of subsea cables
The Chinese blessing scam becoming more prominent in Australia as FIFO operators re-emerge
Chinese fighter jet in near miss with Japan military plane as Pacific tensions rise
Chinese Government Streisands Banned Game In Hong Kong
Chinese only introduced a feminine pronoun in the 1920s. Now, it might adopt a gender-inclusive one
Chinese robot does job of three to four humans installing thousands of panels at Australian solar project
Chinese security companies are putting boots on the ground in Myanmar. It could go disastrously wrong
Chinese Sources Push Territorial Claims With Mistranslations
Chinese travellers cancel hundreds of thousands of trips to Japan amid rising tensions
‘Disgusting’ antisemitic tactics used to threaten exiled Hong Kong man in Adelaide, Jewish group says
Drawing lines in the South China Sea: what Beijing’s new claims over a disputed coral reef mean
Drones deliver warm meals to elderly villagers in mountainous areas of E China's Zhejiang
‘Extremely hostile’: Trump lashes China over trade controls but there may be a silver lining
Fix the News 311: No ordinary pilgrims. Cosmic waves 💫. China energy 🤯. Global child poverty. Rewilding in England. Jaguars!
Former Miss America’s Australian nuclear tour clouded by Chinese AI blow to her employer
Former pro-democracy Hong Kong politician Ted Hui granted asylum in Australia
Fortescue order for giant electric haul trucks is China’s biggest green mining export order
From Trump’s wrecking ball to China’s electrifying rise, geopolitics hang heavy over this year’s climate talks
The global costs of the US-China tariff war are mounting. And the worst may be yet to come
Hong Kong democracy campaigner accuses UK police of asking her to ‘self-censor’
Hong Kong imprisons pro-democracy activists in landmark national security case
Hong Kong’s Famous Bamboo Scaffolding Hangs On (for Now)
Hong Kong’s light fades as another pro-democracy party folds
Hong Kong’s top court rules in favor of equal inheritance and housing benefits for same-sex couples
How a scandal over sanitary pads is shaping feminist activism in China
How China’s pandas became its most valuable diplomats – and its vulnerable children
How Jia Zhangke’s film Caught by the Tides uses 20 years of footage to capture a changing China
How this long-lost Chinese typewriter from the 1940s changed modern computing
Humanoid workers and surveillance buggies: ‘embodied AI’ is reshaping daily life in China
I got a $1,000 electric boat from China two years ago. Here’s what it looks like now
If Australia switched to EVs, we’d be more reliant on China’s car factories – but wean ourselves off foreign oil
In freezing foreign aid, the US leaves people to die – and allows China to come to the rescue
In the trade war, China has moved to curb supply of critical minerals. Can Australia seize the moment?
Inside Australia's billion-dollar bid to take on China's rare earth dominance
Is China the new cool? How Beijing is using pop culture to win the soft power war
Is China’s reported ban on BHP a bluff, or a glimpse of the future?
‘It’s not Chinese assistance’: Australia accuses China of taking undue credit for aid projects in the Pacific
I’ve seen the energy future and it’s in China, and Australia must ditch its distrust and collaborate
Labubu plushies aren’t just toys. They’re a brand new frontier for Chinese soft power
Living in ‘garbage time’: when 500 million Chinese change their spending habits, the world feels it
"The Man from Hong Kong" at 50: how the first ever Australian–Hong Kong co-production became a cult classic
Many Australians 'don't know that Chinese-Aboriginal people exist' — a National Museum exhibition hopes to change that
Melbourne residents receive letter offering $200k for information on Hong Kong pro-democracy activist
Neon cities, cyber nightmares and yum cha: Cao Fei, the visionary artist charting China’s past and future
‘Next time bring my daughter’: Barbara Demick reunited a Chinese family with the stolen ‘missing twin’ adopted in the US
Nio completes 60 million EV battery swaps in China
No one likes to say it, but China is the cybersecurity elephant in the renewable energy room
Nvidia, AMD Pay A 15% Bribe To The US Treasury To Keep Selling Chips To China
One fire, two systems: Hong Kong's grief meets Beijing's red lines
Overseas bounties, patriotic education and suppression: how the national security law is changing Hong Kong
‘Pragmatic move’: Taipei, Manila strengthen people-to-people ties amid China tensions
Remembering the Forgotten Chinese Railroad Workers
Renault says a desirable $20,000 EV is coming – and it’s NOT made in China
Renewables giant China nears peak emissions, Beijingers see mountain peaks for first time in decades
Revealed: online campaign urged far right to attack China’s opponents in UK
Russia and China both want influence over Central Asia. Could it rupture their friendship?
Shanghai, Tokyo, New York, Houston spew most greenhouse gas of world cities
She went on her first international trip at age 56. Now this Chinese grandma is exploring the world by bike
Taiwan detains China-linked cargo ship after undersea cable disconnected
Taiwan runs largest defence drills in preparation for Chinese attack
Taiwan vice-president presses case at EU parliament for joint efforts to counter China
‘Tears blur my vision’: Australian writer jailed in Beijing thanks Albanese for support in emotional letter
Thailand deports dozens of Uyghurs to China despite torture fears
‘There is only one player’: why China is becoming a world leader in green energy
The threat of sabotage from China is growing. That’s not an excuse to erode Australians’ freedoms
TikTok Users Gleefully Embrace Even More Chinese App To Spite US TikTok Ban
Travelling to my ancestral home in China unearthed tragedy tinged by the climate crisis – it inspired me to write "Red Pockets"
Trump is surveying Australian academics about gender diversity and China – what does this mean for unis and their research?
Trump's rare earths deal to counter China was a badly needed 'Sputnik moment'
The 'typhoon-proof' wind farms powering China's coast
UK academics studying topics sensitive to China face harassment, survey finds
UK-based lawyers for Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai targeted by Chinese state
US and Australia sign rare earths deal to counter China's dominance
US government may be abandoning the global climate fight, but new leaders are filling the void – including China
US ‘TikTok refugees’ are fleeing to Chinese app RedNote. It’s a new phase of the digital cold war
US trade wars with China – and how they play out in Africa
“Watershed moment:” Big battery storage prices hit record low in huge China auction
What 2,000 years of Chinese history reveals about today’s AI-driven technology panic – and the future of inequality
What does China really think about Trump? They know about humiliation and won’t take it from him
What the spiralling trade war means for relations between the US and China
World won’t forget Tiananmen Square, US and Taiwan say on 36th anniversary of massacre
Örkesh Dölet descended on to Tiananmen Square with thousands of fellow student protesters. He’s now 36 years into exile
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