Australia’s diplomatic footprint remained undersized relative to its economic weight, with its network having a similar size to Portugal, Chile and Pakistan, a think tank report has shown. The Global Diplomacy Index, launched in 2016 by the Lowy Institute, Australia’s Diplomatic Network Smaller Than Its Economic Power: Index
Australia’s diplomatic footprint remained undersized relative to its economic weight, with its network having a similar size to Portugal, Chile and Pakistan, a think tank report has shown. The Global Diplomacy Index, launched in 2016 by the Lowy Institute, 
Chinese authorities arrested over 1,000 Tibetans—including monks—as protests broke out in China. Why are people there taking to the streets? The U.S. Coast Guard boarded two Chinese fishing boats near the Pacific island nation of Kiribati just days after
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sent a Chinese New Year greeting letter to a Toronto organization that’s facing allegations of serving as a secret Chinese police station. Officials from the Chinese Consulate in Toronto attended the group’s Feb. 10 new year
Commentary China’s economy is heading toward further decline. Although the Chinese Communist ruling Party has come up with a 5.2 percent GDP growth rate through a fudging method of slashing the previous year’s output, in U.S. dollar terms, the nation’s