This report uses case studies from two of the largest Asian-Australian communities, Chinese and Indian, to deepen understanding of the role of Australia’s Asian business diasporas in maximising commercial links with Asia.

Executive summary International concern over China’s assertive island - building campaign in the South China Sea overlooks a broader shift in its maritime security conduct. Chinese naval and coastguard forces are taking fewer tactical risks than a few years ago. Beijing now advocates confidence - building measures that until recently it had refused to consider...

This report examines Chinese investment in Australia for the calendar year 2015. The American Enterprise Institute’s China Global Investment Tracker shows that for cumulative investment from 2005 to 2015, the United States ranks first with USD 99.92 billion, ahead of Australia with USD 78.68 billion and Canada with USD 43.45 billion. Based on data in...

Presented in this paper, construction of intelligent manufacturing workshop based on Lean Management combines the actual case of a NC processing factory. It briefly describes the main theories of intelligent manufacturing workshop, approaches and key elements.

Defence and economics mix in ways that aren’t considered by military strategists ONE OF the convictions that drives military policy in the developed world is a shared belief in the importance of keeping sea lanes open. For the authors of Australia’s white paper on defence, released to a generally favourable reaction earlier this month, freedom...