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China lays down tech supremacy challenge – Asian Media Report image

China lays down tech supremacy challenge – Asian Media Report

14 March 2026

This week in David Armstrong’s Asian media report: China’s five-year plan stresses AI, Xi-Trump summit still on track, K-pop sensation’s global comeback, landslide win in Nepal elections, security risks self-radicalise online, Manila drops Nobel laureate charges.

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Diplomacy

Asia (general)

Myanmar’s “election” reveals hairline cracks in military rule image

Myanmar’s “election” reveals hairline cracks in military rule

11 March 2026

A closer look at the vote raises doubts about whether the generals can hold the country hostage in the long term, writes Ben Dunant.

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Diplomacy

Myanmar

The international dividend of Indo-Pacific literacy image

The international dividend of Indo-Pacific literacy

10 March 2026

Australia’s future prosperity, security and identity are inextricably linked to its Indo-Pacific neighbourhood. Yet, for too long, our education system has failed to equip young Australians with the foundational skills needed to genuinely understand and engage with our neighbourhood, write Dr Sarah Richardson, Grant Wyeth and Malika Knapp.

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Diplomacy

Education

Navigating the new risk triangle in Australia’s trade with China image

Navigating the new risk triangle in Australia’s trade with China

9 March 2026

Australia is conducting a review of its decade-old free trade agreement with China. Marina Yue Zhang argues a revised ChAFTA needs to look beyond tariffs and market access to become an “operating system” that manages new trade flows in data, AI and the green economy.

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Diplomacy

China