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    Let’s not join America’s posse against China's SOE subsidies
    Alistair Nicholas
    • Jul 28, 2020
    • 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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    ACBC inbound tourism from China report
    Alistair Nicholas
    • Jul 10, 2020
    • 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,...
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    Ich bin ein Hong Konger, not - Australia's Hong Kong visa solution
    Alistair Nicholas
    • Jul 9, 2020
    • 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...
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    Coronavirus pushes PRC Government to market opening, high-tech investment, job creation
    Alistair Nicholas
    • Jun 4, 2020
    • 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, 2020
    • 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, 2020
    • 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, 2020
    • 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, 2020
    • 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...
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    Quoted in Griffith Asia Insights' article on shape of post-coronavirus world
    Alistair Nicholas
    • Apr 21, 2020
    • 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, 2020
    • 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...
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    Ban on China's wet markets counterproductive response to coronavirus pandemic
    Alistair Nicholas
    • Apr 7, 2020
    • 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...
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    Lessons from the coronavirus crisis: Why crisis drills and war games fail but shouldn’t
    Alistair Nicholas
    • Apr 3, 2020
    • 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...
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    Interview on coronavirus, leadership, crisis management and communications
    Alistair Nicholas
    • Apr 2, 2020
    • 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...
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    World leaders need moral compass to fight coronavirus
    Alistair Nicholas
    • Apr 1, 2020
    • 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...
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    New foreign investment rules not aimed at China
    Alistair Nicholas
    • Mar 30, 2020
    • 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...
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    Leadership and clear communications lacking and sorely needed in the coronavirus crisis
    Alistair Nicholas
    • Mar 24, 2020
    • 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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    Australia needs to prepare now for post-coronavirus China opportunities, especially in biotechnology
    Alistair Nicholas
    • Mar 20, 2020
    • 1 min

    Australia needs to prepare now for post-coronavirus China opportunities, especially in biotechnology

    Co-founder of the Australian Transformation and Turnaround Association and leading public affairs advisor Guy McKanna and I argue in a...
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    Is it time Australia went into Covid-19 lockdown?
    Alistair Nicholas
    • Mar 13, 2020
    • 4 min

    Is it time Australia went into Covid-19 lockdown?

    Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s stay calm and keep spending message in the face of the growing coronavirus crisis is...
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    Risk and crisis management for black swan events – lessons from the coronavirus
    Alistair Nicholas
    • Feb 26, 2020
    • 5 min

    Risk and crisis management for black swan events – lessons from the coronavirus

    The first lesson from the coronavirus that governments, corporations and organisations need to learn is that “black swan” events happen....
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    Hopes for a post-coronavirus China rebound
    Alistair Nicholas
    • Feb 18, 2020
    • 5 min

    Hopes for a post-coronavirus China rebound

    A common phrase throughout much of the West’s post-World War II boom years was that if America sneezes the world catches cold. It was a...
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