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Xiong'an, Xi Jinping's new city-making machine turned on

  • Written by: Richard Hu, Professor, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra

Behind mega urban projects often stand strong political wills. Xiong’an is called China’s number-one urban project, and it is orchestrated by President Xi Jinping.

China is midway through the largest urbanisation process in human history. New cities have mushroomed in recent decades. The most prominent are Shenzhen and Pudong Shanghai,...

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Bunya pines are ancient, delicious and possibly deadly

  • Written by: Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
Bunya pines are ancient, delicious and possibly deadlyFlickr/Tatters/The Conversation, CC BY-SA

Welcome to the first edition of Beating Around the Bush, a series that profiles native plants: part gardening column, part dispatches from country, entirely Australian. Read more about the series here or get in touch to pitch a plant at batb@theconversation.edu.au.


The Bunya pine is a unique and majestic...

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Now that Malaysia has a new government, the real work begins reforming the country

  • Written by: James Chin, Director, Asia Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania
Now that Malaysia has a new government, the real work begins reforming the country

The euphoria over the change of government in Malaysia is unlikely to die down soon. In fact, the honeymoon period for Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and his new government will probably last until the end of the year. Malaysians are keen to give the new administration some time to get itself organised. After all, the former ruling coalition,...

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  14. New 'virtual kidnapping' scam targeting Chinese students makes use of data shared online
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