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Sep 10
2 min

Risky business: Has China's risk profile gone up for Australian business?

Since two Australian journalists fled China earlier this week after being called in for questioning by the country's state security appar...

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New foreign deals legislation a risk to research collaboration

Alistair Nicholas

Aug 27
2 min

New foreign deals legislation a risk to research collaboration

I was asked today by a journalist at the South China Morning Post for my thoughts on the proposed new foreign deals legislation that is m...

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Crown Casino case shows China business shouldn't be a roll of the dice

Alistair Nicholas

Aug 19
3 min

Crown Casino case shows China business shouldn't be a roll of the dice

It is always nice to be proven right, even if that proof comes nearly four years later. Back in 2016 - on 18 October 2016 to be precise -...

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Chance to press the re-set button on Australia-China relations?

Alistair Nicholas

Jul 30
2 min

Chance to press the re-set button on Australia-China relations?

I was asked by the South China Morning Post whether Foreign Minister Marise Payne's remarks during her joint press conference with US Sec...

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Let’s not join America’s posse against China's SOE subsidies

Alistair Nicholas

Jul 28
3 min

Let’s not join America’s posse against China's SOE subsidies

According to today’s Australian Financial Review, Australia is coming under pressure to “join an international coalition of countries to ...

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Alistair Nicholas

Jul 10
1 min

ACBC inbound tourism from China report

I was pleased to be involved in the development of the Australia China Business Council (ACBC)'s report on inbound tourism from China, wh...

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Ich bin ein Hong Konger, not - Australia's Hong Kong visa solution

Alistair Nicholas

Jul 9
3 min

Ich bin ein Hong Konger, not - Australia's Hong Kong visa solution

Everyone seemed to be expecting a Kennedy in Berlin moment in the lead up to Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s “safe haven” visa announceme...

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Coronavirus pushes PRC Government to market opening, high-tech investment, job creation

Alistair Nicholas

Jun 4
4 min

Coronavirus pushes PRC Government to market opening, high-tech investment, job creation

Much of the discussion at China’s annual Lianghui (or “Two Sessions” as it is known in English) last week went unreported by the Western ...

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Strategic approach needed to mitigate China risks

Alistair Nicholas

May 16
1 min

Strategic approach needed to mitigate China risks

As I've been saying for sometime, Australia needs to "press the re-set button" on the bilateral relationship with China. I made the point...

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Risks for Australia as China looks to diversify sources of supply

Alistair Nicholas

May 15
2 min

Risks for Australia as China looks to diversify sources of supply

As readers of this blog know, I have long been concerned that the "megaphone" approach to diplomacy taken by many of our politicians has ...

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The folly of Australia’s push for independent inquiry into the coronavirus outbreak in China

Alistair Nicholas

May 6
6 min

The folly of Australia’s push for independent inquiry into the coronavirus outbreak in China

Yesterday afternoon I was interviewed by Kylie Merritt and David Koch on Ausbiz TV's The Pulse. I was invited to speak about the folly of...

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Covid19 investigation calls by Australian government misplaced

Alistair Nicholas

Apr 30
1 min

Covid19 investigation calls by Australian government misplaced

An article I penned for the Lowy Institute's The Interpreter blog on the Australian government's calls for an independent international i...

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Quoted in Griffith Asia Insights' article on shape of post-coronavirus world

Alistair Nicholas

Apr 21
2 min

Quoted in Griffith Asia Insights' article on shape of post-coronavirus world

An opinion piece I co-authored was quoted in an article published by the Griffith Asia Insights blog: "The battle begins for the shape of...

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Quoted in the Media: South China Morning Post on China emerging from coronavirus

Alistair Nicholas

Apr 8
2 min

Quoted in the Media: South China Morning Post on China emerging from coronavirus

I was quoted by South China Morning Post journalist Su-Lin Tan in her story on China's economic rebound after the coronavirus. The articl...

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Ban on China's wet markets counterproductive response to coronavirus pandemic

Alistair Nicholas

Apr 7
1 min

Ban on China's wet markets counterproductive response to coronavirus pandemic

The Australian Financial Review published an opinion article by me today arguing that pressuring Beijing to ban China's so-called "wet ma...

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Lessons from the coronavirus crisis: Why crisis drills and war games fail but shouldn’t

Alistair Nicholas

Apr 3
3 min

Lessons from the coronavirus crisis: Why crisis drills and war games fail but shouldn’t

The 1 April 2020 issue of Foreign Policy looks at a US war game conducted in 2001 to look at the country’s readiness to deal with an epid...

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Interview on coronavirus, leadership, crisis management and communications

Alistair Nicholas

Apr 2
1 min

Interview on coronavirus, leadership, crisis management and communications

I was delighted to be a guest on Marie El Daghl’s "Commical" podcast. We discussed the coronavirus crisis and leadership, crisis manageme...

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World leaders need moral compass to fight coronavirus

Alistair Nicholas

Apr 1
1 min

World leaders need moral compass to fight coronavirus

My feature article on the need for ethical leadership during the coronavirus crisis was published this week by MercatorNet under the titl...

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New foreign investment rules not aimed at China

Alistair Nicholas

Mar 30
4 min

New foreign investment rules not aimed at China

Claims that yesterday's changes to Australia's foreign investment rules target Chinese direct investment into Australia are absurd. The A...

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Leadership and clear communications lacking and sorely needed in the coronavirus crisis

Alistair Nicholas

Mar 24
4 min

Leadership and clear communications lacking and sorely needed in the coronavirus crisis

Something that has been clearly lacking in the global response to the coronavirus pandemic is good leadership and clear communications at...

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Risky business: Has China's risk profile gone up for Australian business?

New foreign deals legislation a risk to research collaboration

Crown Casino case shows China business shouldn't be a roll of the dice

Chance to press the re-set button on Australia-China relations?

Let’s not join America’s posse against China's SOE subsidies

ACBC inbound tourism from China report

Ich bin ein Hong Konger, not - Australia's Hong Kong visa solution

Coronavirus pushes PRC Government to market opening, high-tech investment, job creation

Strategic approach needed to mitigate China risks

Risks for Australia as China looks to diversify sources of supply

The folly of Australia’s push for independent inquiry into the coronavirus outbreak in China

Covid19 investigation calls by Australian government misplaced

Quoted in Griffith Asia Insights' article on shape of post-coronavirus world

Quoted in the Media: South China Morning Post on China emerging from coronavirus

Ban on China's wet markets counterproductive response to coronavirus pandemic

Lessons from the coronavirus crisis: Why crisis drills and war games fail but shouldn’t

Interview on coronavirus, leadership, crisis management and communications

World leaders need moral compass to fight coronavirus

New foreign investment rules not aimed at China

Leadership and clear communications lacking and sorely needed in the coronavirus crisis

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