John Garnaut
John Garnaut is Fairfax Media's China correspondent. John graduated in law and arts from Monash University and worked for three years as a commercial lawyer at Melbourne firm Hall & Wilcox before joining the Sydney Morning Herald as a cadet in 2002. He became the Economics Correspondent in the Canberra press gallery and in 2007 was posted to Beijing.
Gillard to push new dialogue in China visit
Exclusive John Garnaut Prime Minister Julia Gillard is pushing for a new strategic ''architecture'' to steer relations with the world's aspiring super power, China.
New Chinese leader Xi Jinping is 'the man for the times', says Rudd
John Garnaut CHINA'S incoming leader, Xi Jinping, is "the man for the times" who will transform the Chinese economy and reach a new security accommodation with the US President, Barack Obama, the former prime...
Xi takes control in China's new era
John Garnaut Xi Jinping has walked on stage after a fraught and unexpected delay to take the reins of the world’s most powerful political organisation.
China's new man pledges growth
John Garnaut, Beijing Xi Jinping, a son of the communist aristocracy, handed uncontested authority to lead the world's most populous nation through the next decade.
Rising without a trace
John Garnaut, Liangjiahe, China After seven years toiling with the masses, Xi Jinping's remarkable transformation will culminate in him taking control of the world's second most powerful nation.
Leader cast from clay of Yellow Earth
John Garnaut If every modern president needs a creation myth then Xi Jinping's begins on the dusty loess plateau of north-west China.
China's new leader right man for times: Rudd
John Garnaut, Beijing China's incoming leader, Xi Jinping, is 'the man for the times' who will transform the Chinese economy and reach a new security accommodation with US President Barack Obama, says former prime...
A new Chinese dynasty on the rise
John Garnaut THE stakes are so high in Thursday's leadership transition that many Chinese analysts are framing it in terms of the rise and fall of dynasties, amid accumulating social, political and economic...
New faces to sit at China's top table
John Garnaut, Beijing The stakes are so high in Thursday's leadership transition that many Chinese analysts are framing it in terms of the rise and fall of dynasties, amid accumulating social, political and economic...
China takes great leap into the unknown
John Garnaut BEIJING: Hopes are evaporating that key reform-minded leaders will squeeze into the new team that will lead China for the next five years.
Analysis
Fresh faces reveal the influence of powerbrokers from the past
John Garnaut Hu Jintao underscored one legacy challenge that looms larger than the rest: corruption.
John Garnaut
Notable in their absence: the potential leaders of a true revolution
John Garnaut IT IS A measure of the scale of China's challenges and aspirations that Hu Jintao is widely seen as a disappointment despite handing over an economy that is four times larger in US dollar terms than...
China's fresh start still mired in old traditions
John Garnaut BEIJING: Xi Jinping, a son of the communist aristocracy, has been handed uncontested authority to lead the world's most populous nation through the next decade.
The A to Z of Chinese politics
John Garnaut AMERICA, China's obsession, the measure of the country's achievement and the mirror in which the Chinese Communist Party defines itself.
The rock star of Chinese politics
John Garnaut IN March of each year, the Chinese capital comes to a standstill for the 10-day gathering of the National People's Congress at the Soviet-designed Great Hall of the People.
Lurid details of Heywood murder emerge as accused rolls over
John Garnaut in Hefei The wife of detained Chinese leader Bo Xilai has accepted murder charges against her while angling for a lighter sentence by informing on the crimes of unnamed others.
Outgoing president warns on corruption
John Garnaut, Beijing Chinese President Hu Jintao has warned that corruption could bring about the collapse of the Communist Party-state, after a year of staggering revelations about wealth amassed by China's leading...
Doubts loom over China 'election'
John Garnaut CHINA'S most uncertain leadership transition in decades could catalyse lasting institutional innovations in the way leaders are chosen, analysts say.
Shoulder to shoulder, leaders jostle for superiority
John Garnaut BEIJING: It hasn't quite the same feel as a Barack Obama acceptance speech but, for aficionados of Chinese politics, the opening of the 18th Communist Party Congress is as good as it gets.
President warns on corruption
John Garnaut BEIJING: The Chinese President, Hu Jintao, has warned that corruption could bring about the collapse of the Communist Party and the state, after a year of staggering revelations about the wealth that...
