China's global diplomatic approach is shifting, and Australia would do well to pay attention to it
- Written by Tony Walker, Vice-chancellor's fellow, La Trobe University
In 1934, Mao Zedong’s embattled guerrilla forces began what was to prove an epic military withdrawal from southern China to a stronghold in the north of the country.
This became known as the Long March. It enabled the Communists to break out of so-called “encirclement campaigns” to fight another day against Chiang...





