James Chater

The curious censorship of Chloé Zhao's Nomadland

12 March 2021 5:01 pm

Fortunes shift quickly in Chinese cyberspace. On March 1, Chloé Zhao, the Beijing-born film director, was the ‘pride of China’,…

Isolation nation: how Australia is dealing with its pandemic

10 February 2021 1:12 am

At 6.20 p.m. on Friday evening, Scarborough Beach, an oceanside suburb of Perth, looked like it always does: families picnicked…

Can Taiwan pull off its China gamble?

11 August 2020 7:08 pm

When Alex Azar, the US health secretary, arrived in Taipei on Sunday, he became the highest-ranking US official to visit…

Taiwan's balancing act is becoming ever more precarious

22 May 2020 10:44 pm

After a landslide victory in January’s election, Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen was re-inaugurated on Wednesday at a scaled-down ceremony in…