How sweet it is! Paul Keating eviscerates a string of journalists for their shoddy biased reporting on China & #AUKUS He takes them to task for not knowing facts, for exaggeration, &for one for the most egregious journalism in 50 years. Starts around 37:50 youtube.com/live/VmgxAoa1n…

IN FULL: Former PM Paul Keating addresses National Press Club today on the Albanese Government's AUKUS pact . youtube.com/live/VmgxAoa1n… via YouTube

So Australia is now locked into a US war with China over Taiwan as US citizens R&L Murdoch always intended. Mouthpiece Greg Sheridan tells ⁦Insiders ABC⁩ there would be consequences if we didn’t play our part. (See also Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq).

Something I wrote on the political economy of AUKUS and its consequences johnmenadue.com/aukus-and-mili…

"Bucking the Buck" is officially out. Here is a 🧵describing what you'll find in the book. 1/18

“AUKUS commits Australia to fight China if America does, simple” lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

Paul Keating after Foreign Minister Wong’s unequivocal support for AUKUS at National Press Club: Never before has a Labor Government been so bereft of policy ambition - johnmenadue.com/never-before-h…

Interpreting or misinterpreting China’s success A critique of Brandt and Rawski explanation of China's long-term growth branko2f7.substack.com/p/interpreting…

NTEU New South Wales And capitulation to a wholsesale restructuring of academic life at USyd, with the massive expansion of teaching-intensive jobs 😢

Every year when I teach Chinese political economy at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, I tried hard to find an easy-to-read article for the general audience that explains how China's banking system connects to local gov't debt and the real estate sector. I couldn't. So I wrote one:

A heartfelt - and academically rigorous - essay from my Australia-China Relations Institute colleague, Wanning Sun, on #WeChat and the many roles it plays for Chinese Australians. Via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand theconversation.com/friday-essay-a…

Stripe partners with The Business School for The Future of Digital Payments report. Led by Wei Li & Dr Luke Deer the report explores digital payment trends and innovations to help businesses thrive in the digital economy. Findings will be out on 30 August at Intersekt Festival.

New report by Wei Li and Luke Deer from the Business School and Stripe shows that nearly 50% of Aussie businesses plan to invest in digital payments in the coming year. Read more: bit.ly/44IoySu

Nathan Sperber, Forecasting China? — Sidecar newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/…

Chinese academic raided by Australian police and offered $2,000 for information during trip | Australia news | The Guardian theguardian.com/australia-news…

The Economist: "China has become a scientific superpower" Rare for me - maybe even unprecedented - to praise the Economist but this might be the seminal article on the current status of China's scientific might. Let's take a look 🧵 economist.com/science-and-te…

Please read every word of this. This is the reality we are talking about when it comes to superannuation policy. You think it’s taking people off the age pension and yet financial advisers are telling people to “spend money like there is no tomorrow. What you lose in capital

For my sins I am back on T̶w̶i̶t̶t̶e̶r̶ X, looking forward to balanced, reasoned debate on China…My focus will be on China’s political economy and development (and not to get distracted by another stimulus bull run!)

Very awkward explanation of comparative vs. competitive advantage that fits a consistent pattern of confusing key concepts from macroeconomics and finance. ▪️ Comparative advantage is defined at the national level. ▪️ Competitive advantage is defined at the company level.

Things 15 yr olds will no longer be able to do on YouTube* from Dec: - Get help with school work - Learn a new skill -Watch a podcast - Learn how to produce music or play an instrument - Follow their favourite artist, gamer, band - Build an audience for their own creative talent