Kathleen Calderwood

With the apparent appointment of two of America's most hawkish Republicans, president-elect Donald Trump looks to be setting the stage for a confrontational relationship with China.

Taiwan is months away from phasing out its last nuclear plant, and while some are happy, others question how the tech powerhouse will power itself. 

When China lifted tariffs on Australia's bottled wine exports, winemakers, connoisseurs and importers were excited, but now they face new challenges and changing consumer behaviour.

Jim Chalmers meets with his Chinese counterpart to discuss the country's flagging economy and how that may impact Australia, as well as some lingering trade bans and the test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Mr Chalmers is in Beijing to co-chair the first Australia-China Strategic Economic Dialogue in seven years, as well as to better understand the challenges facing the Chinese economy.

Living in Russia's shadow, Mongolia is not in a position to put President Vladimir Putin offside. But when he came to visit, the nation's obligations to the International Criminal Court were put into stark relief.

A Hong Kong court has found two editors of the now-defunct Stand News media outlet guilty of conspiring to publish seditious articles, in a case that has drawn international scrutiny amid a security crackdown in the China-ruled city.

China's strenuous workplace culture demands intense hours with little time for life, prompting many young people to escape the grind — often without another job lined up or any concrete future plans beyond leaving the rat race.

Debbie Voulgaris, 57, is accused of bringing several kilograms of heroin and cocaine into Taiwan late last year, a charge that could see her given a life sentence or the death penalty.

The Beijing-controlled government in Hong Kong is luring mainland Chinese to live in the city to shore up the city's faltering economy.