A/ProfMarina Zhang
Associate Professor Research
Australia-China Relations Institute
- Associate Professor ResearchAustralia-China Relations Institute
- 02 95149345 (Work)
IMPACT SUMMARY
Selected TV Interviews
“Exploring the Geopolitics of Rare Earth Minerals.” Wikistrat. Dec. 5, 2025.
“Inside China's Rare Earth Empire: The Hidden Costs.” The Diplomat Magazine. Nov. 21, 2025.
“China’s 15th Five-Year-Plan.” ABC News Breakfast. Oct. 25, 2025.
"The IMF's latest World Economic Outlook, escalating trade tensions between the US and China and implications both globally and for Australia. " ABC News. Oct. 15, 2025.
"Critical minerals will likely be a topic of discussion during upcoming talks between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and President Donald Trump in October." ABC News. Sep. 28, 2025.
“Tariffs and Trump’s stance on China.” CNN International April 25, 2025
“Xi Jinping’s visit to ASEAN countries and Australian implications.” SBS News April 17, 20
“US-China tariff warfare and the implications for Australia.” ABC News April 9, 2025
“US tech rattled by Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek.” ABC News Jan 27, 2025
“TikTok has been restored in the US, but for how long?” ABC 7.30 Jan 20, 2025
“Why tiktok users in the US flocking to REDNote.” Asia News on ABC News Channel Jan 16, 2025
“EV tech security concerns and Australia’s role in China’s EV export strategy.” ABC News Afternoon Briefing Sep. 24, 2024
“Innovative Driving Forces of China”, hosted by Qinduo Xu, ahead of the opening of the 3rd Plenum at China’s 20th CCP Central Committee. China Global TV Network (CGTN) Dialogue Jul. 15, 2024
“Critical minerals as a new battlefield in the US-China tech race and its impact on Australia-China relations.” Bloomberg TV’s The Asia Trade Jul. 16, 2024
A live coverage of the Chinese Premier’s meeting with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Parliament House, hosted by ABC's Insiders David Speers. ABC News Special Coverage Jun. 17, 2024
“Chinese Premier’s state visit to Canberra.” Bloomberg News Jun. 17, 2024
“Chinese Foreign Minister’s visit to Canberra.” ABC News Mar. 20, 2024
“Chinese carmaker BYD in Australia.” ABC News Feb. 13, 2024
“Australia-China relations in the context of geopolitics from Beijing.” CNA News Jan. 8, 2024
“China Spy Law”ABC News Breakfast Sep. 30, 2023
A documentary “Can Anyone Challenge China's Near Monopoly On Metals Powering Our Tech? CNA Insider Aug. 07, 2023
“The release of Baidu’s AI chatbot.” Bloomberg Daybreak: Australia Mar. 16, 2023
“The implications of US tech restrictions on China.” Bloomberg Markets Asia Jan. 31, 2023
“Penny Wong’s visit to Beijing.” Bloomberg Markets Dec. 22, 2022
“Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s visit to Beijing for Fifty Years of Australia-China Relations.” BBC News Dec. 22, 2022
“The supply chain crisis amid China’s Covid lockdown.” Bloomberg Markets Nov. 24, 2022
Selected Radio Interviews
“Critical Minerals & Geopolitics, Nightlife News Breakdown, History, Screen Stuff, Mighty Challenge.” ABC Radio Nightlife, hosted by Philip Clark.
“Comments on Albanese's trip to China with Laura Tingle.” ABC News Daily, July 15, 2025
“China’s rare earths dominance.” CNA (Singapore). Oct. 22, 2025.
“What can we expect from the PM's visit to China?” ABC RN Saturday Extra July 12, 2025
“Chinese Premier’s state visit to Australia with a focus on critical minerals.” ABC Radio National: The World Today Jun. 18, 2024
“The implications for Australia of the US decision to impose high tariffs on China-made EVs.” ABC Radio National May 16, 2024
“TikTok’s potential ban in the US.” SBS Chinese Channel Apr. 10, 2024
“Chinese Foreign Minister's visit to Australia.” ABC Radio National Mar. 20, 2024
“China's ‘Two Sessions’ (NPC and CPPCC)” ABC Radio National Mar. 6, 2024
“Indonesia fights a flood of plastic.” ABC Radio National: Counterpoint Aug. 21, 2023
“White oil: the story and politics of lithium and how Australia became the world's greatest supplier.” ABC Radio National: Rear Vision Jul. 23, 2023
“Restructuring supply chains for critical minerals.” Energy Current Jul. 6, 2023
“Indonesia keen to partner with Australia as it strives to be a global electric vehicle hub.” ABC News, Jul. 2, 2023
Selected Newspaper/Magazine Interviews
“Academic boycotts: data hint at shifting research partnerships.” Nature News. Nov. 12, 2025.
“China has found Trump's pain point - rare earths.” BBC News. October 17, 2025.
“BHP vs China Inc: What the iron ore dispute says about Australia's present and future.” ABC News. October 17, 2025.
“BHP-China Iron Ore Standoff May Drag Into 2026 as Talks Stall.” Bloomberg News. October 9, 2025.
“Kevin Rudd promises Americans they can count on Australia after China minerals ban.” The Nightly. October 10, 2025.
“Chip giant NVidia’s dilemma: How China’s antitrust card can be used?” BBC News (in Chinese). Sep. 23, 2025.
“A Chinese AI tool can manage chronic disease — could it revolutionize health care?” Nature. Sep. 19, 2025.
“It shocked the market but has China's DeepSeek changed AI?” BBC. August 10, 2025.
“Artificial interference.” Capital Brief. July 8, 2025
“China's EV newcomer Xiaomi sells nearly 300,000 SUVs in an hour.” ABC News. June 30, 2025
“Seven indicators highlight China's rapid pursuit in the U.S.-China "AI cold war": number of papers, patents, etc. (in Japanese).” Nikkei Business Publication. June 30, 2025
“Made in China 2025: Looking at a decade of China’s self-sufficiency drive.” CKGSB Knowledge. June 26
“En Australie, le projet de créer une réserve stratégique de minerais critiques fait polémique.” La Figaro. May 22, 2025
“How China is vying to attract the world’s top scientific talent.” Nature. June 9, 2025
“Even after Trump-Xi call, China's rare-earth controls aren't going away.”
Washington Post. June 6, 2025
“How The US-China Chip Conflict Is Evolving Under Trump.” Barron's. May 23, 2025
“China’s Lithium City Is a Front Line of the Battery Trade War.” Bloomberg News. May 23, 2025
“ ‘Second chance’: convicted US chemist Charles Lieber moves to Chinese university.” Nature. May 7, 2025
“China will talk trade, but US will need to make the first move, experts say.” Al Jazeera. April 24, 2025
“Five cards China Holds in a Trade War with the US.” BBC News. April 24, 2025
“Comments from Marina on the trade war.” Al Jazeera. April 30, 2025
“China warns countries against striking trade deals with US at its expense.” ABC News. April 21, 2025
“$100 leggings for five bucks? The viral TikTok post taunting US consumers.” Sydney Morning Herald. April 17, 2025
“Can China’s universities power it to victory in the global AI race?” Times Higher Education. March 27, 2025
“What to know about Manus, China's latest AI assistant.” AFP. March 12, 2025
“Australia’s alliance at a crossroads as the US turns inward.” Capital Brief . Feb 28, 2025
“What DeepSeek’s success says about China’s ability to nurture talent.” New York Times. Feb 4, 2025
“What does Jack Ma's return to the spotlight mean?” BBC. Jan 21, 2025
“DeepSeek harnesses links with Chinese universities in talent war.” Times Higher Education. 31 Jan 2025
“How China created AI model DeepSeek and shocked the world.” Nature. Jan 30 2025
“US tech stocks steady after DeepSeek AI app shock.” BBC. Jan 28 2025
“DeepSeek: How China's 'AI heroes' overcame US curbs to stun Silicon Valley.” BBC. Jan 28 2025
“DeepSeek reveals depth of China’s AI sector.” The Australian Jan 28 2025
“How Chinese AI Startup DeepSeek Made a Model that Rivals OpenAI.” Wired. Jan 25 2025
“Under Trump, could TikTok become China’s bargaining chip?” The Straight Times. Jan 21 2025
“Chinese firm’s faster, cheaper AI language model makes a splash.” Science. Jan 15 2025
“Book Review: Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity.” MIT News. Jan 14, 2025
“US and China sign new science pact — but with severe restrictions.” Nature. Dec 16 2024
“How ‘Made in China 2025’ helped supercharge scientific development in China’s cities: The policy has boosted tech transfer and economic growth in some regions, but challenges remain around innovation in key technologies.” Nature. Nov. 20, 2024
“Proposed US ban on Chinese car software a significant move towards decoupling.” The Straits Times. Sep. 24, 2024
“Can China force its cheap electric vehicles into the West?” News Corp. Sep. 8, 2024
“US and China inch towards renewing science-cooperation pact — despite tensions.” Nature. Sep. 10, 2024
“How Chinese investors tried to take over an Australian mining company.” The Washington Post. Aug. 20, 2024
“Taiwan braces for impact of a Donald Trump win on global chip industry.” The Australian. Aug. 16, 2024
“ ‘Potential risks’: Concerns as Chinese EVs flood Australia.” News Corp. Jun. 21, 2024
“China–US research collaborations are in decline — this is bad news for everyone.” Nature. July 19, 2024
“Chinse Premier Li targets critical minerals in Australia visit.” Interviewed by AFP, reported in the following media: Taipei Times, India Times; Barron’s; Daily Sun; Daily Tribune; The Business Post Jun. 17-19, 2024
“The Rare Earth Rumble: A corporate drama in Australia has high stakes for the West’s quest to build a critical minerals supply chain independent of China.” The Wire China. Jun. 16, 2024
“Chinese electric cars flood Australian market, benefiting consumers but raising concerns.” ABC News. Jun. 12, 2024
“Australia warily welcomes green subsidies race.” FDI Intelligence (FT). Jun. 6, 2024
“Fears mount over detention of academics who traveled to China.” Times Higher Education. Jun. 3, 2024
“While the US and EU are putting up barriers to Chinese cars, Australians are buying them at record levels.” ABC News. May 31, 2024
“Can China let its young tech innovators boldly go where no one has gone before?” South China Morning Post. Mar. 12, 2024
“China promises more money for science in 2024.” Nature. Mar. 8, 2024
“US and China likely to delay renewal of key science pact again: Relations have changed between the two nations, so negotiators are hashing out new terms in the 45-year-old agreement.” Nature. Feb. 8, 2024
“China’s EV suppliers look to leverage superior tech to recouple with west and drive expansion.” Financial Times. Feb. 18, 2024
“US and China likely to delay renewal of key science pact again.” Nature. Feb. 8, 2024
“Indonesia unlikely to achieve Global South cooperation on critical minerals, govt says.” The Jakarta Post. Jan. 10, 2024
“Five things to know about Albanese’s trip to Beijing.” Sydney Morning Herald. Nov. 4. 2023
“As Australian leader heads to China, a critical (minerals) issue looms.” The Washington Post. Nov. 13, 2023
“The world will pay a high price if China cuts off supplies of chipmaking materials.” CNN Business. Oct. 11, 2023
“Could Australia be squeezed by the increasing US-China tech competition?” SBS News. May 30, 2023
“Australia Tries to Break Its Dependence on China for Lithium Mining.” The New York Times. May 23, 2023
“The Lithium Rush.” Chemistry World. Apr. 24, 2023
“Rare Earth Reshore.” The Wire China. Apr. 23, 2023
“China is mobilizing science to spur development — and self-reliance.” Nature. Mar. 21, 2023
“US Faces Uphill Battle Against China’s Rare-Earth Dominance, Experts Say.” Sputnik International. Dec. 23, 2022
“Behind Foxconn’s China woes: mistrust, miscommunication, COVID curbs.” Reuters. Nov. 30, 2022
“Foxconn’s China woes: mistrust, miscommunication, COVID curbs.” Al Jazeera. Nov. 29, 2022
“Chinese take to the streets over ongoing COVID lockdowns.” The New Daily. Nov. 29, 2022
“What Xi Jinping’s third term means for science.” Nature. Oct. 27, 2022
“How are unis marketing education during the pandemic?” Crikey . Jul. 14, 2020
“More than 40 per cent of China students heed Beijing's warnings.” Australian Financial Review. Jul. 8, 2020
“Students in China heed their government's warnings against studying in Australia – less than half plan to come back.” SBS News. Jul. 6, 2020