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‘Call the Prime Minister out’: Wong says Morrison stoking fears of China conflict We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss 3.13pm Normal text size Advertisement Labor’s foreign affairs spokeswoman Penny Wong has insisted she is not declaring an end to bipartisanship on China despite delivering a scathing speech accusing Prime Minister Scott Morrison of deliberately encouraging anxiety about a conflict with Beijing. In her strongest ...

CE signs Public Offices (Candidacy and Taking Up Offices)(Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2021 (with photos) CE signs Public Offices (Candidacy and Taking Up Offices)(Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2021 (with photos) ******************************************************************************************      The Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam, today (May 20) signed in accordance with Article 48(3) of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’...

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Share on Twitter Penny Wong has accused Prime Minister Scott Morrison of undermining Australia’s relationship with China by acting recklessly for domestic political gain.  Senator Wong - Labours foreign affairs spokesperson - says too much of the discussion on China is “frenzied, afraid and lacking context” - and that “more strategy” and “less politics” is required in Australia’s foreign policy approach.  She made the comments at a book launch in Canberra, arguing ...

‘Call the Prime Minister out’: Wong says Morrison stoking fears of China conflict We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss 5.13pm Normal text size Advertisement Labor’s foreign affairs spokeswoman Penny Wong has insisted she is not declaring an end to bipartisanship on China despite delivering a scathing speech accusing Prime Minister Scott Morrison of deliberately encouraging anxiety about a conflict with Beijing. In her strongest ...

Policy Research Working Paper Series publication roundup for the weeks of April 26 and May 3 Report paper. Graphic farm / Shutterstock.com This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recent working papers from around the World Bank Group that were published in the World Bank’s Policy Research Working Paper Series. This entry introduces six papers published during the weeks of April 26 and May 3 on various topics, including papers related to the impact of COVID-19 on Sub-Saharan African firm...

Scott Morrison accidentally endorses Beijing policy for Taiwan in foreign policy blunder Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: James Ross/AAP Scott Morrison has incorrectly characterised Australia’s policy on Taiwan in a radio interview in which he also declared he “stood for freedom”. Despite Australian government figures publicly warning about the risk of war in the region, the prime minister appeared to endorse ...

The prime minister made the blunder on the same day a Chinese government agency suspended a form of economic dialogue with Australia – in what experts described as a mainly symbolic move indicative of the worsening relationship between the two countries. The freeze is seen as Beijing’s first concrete response to the Australian government’s decision last month to tear up Victoria’s belt and road-related agreements, and confirmation this week of a defence department review of the Port of ...

Christine Houston: ‘Shelter Island has been the constant. It makes me so happy when I step on the ferry and realize I’m home.” (Credit: Courtesy photo) Although Christine Houston grew up in Garden City, she had never heard of Shelter Island until she was invited to visit with friends, and then, she recalled recently, “I just fell in love with it. I didn’t want to leave.” She and her husband rented a place in the Heights for three years while looking for their ...

China, US differences continuing as Washington holds on to misunderstandings: Wang SECTIONS Last Updated: Apr 25, 2021, 12:49 PM IST Share Synopsis China hoped that the Biden administration would view its development objectively and rationally, and explore with China a new path of peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation, Wang, also the State Councillor, said in a video conference with the US think tank Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) on Friday. AP The US, the European Union, the UK and ...