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The article focuses on the Defence White Paper 2016 released by Australian Defence Force (ADF). Topics discussed include maritime assets of ADF like ships, warfare destroyers and submarines, the views of Peter Jennings, Executive Director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, on the nation's defence capability, and rise of the defense projection capabilities of the People's Republic of China mentioned in the paper.

The article presents an overview of the first white paper of China about its defense and military strategy. The topics discussed include the reasons for creating the white paper, the reorganization of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), and the changes imposed by the Chinese government on its national security.

The article discusses supply chain disruption due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Topics discussed including the major challenges affecting print manufacturers in Hong Kong and China—logistics logjams and higher paper prices; conflict between Russia and Ukraine impacted the supply chain, disrupted global trade, and brought about rising inflation; and lockdowns owing to China's zero-Covid policy have caused uncertainties and disruptions to the economy and business operations.

The article offers information on Hong Kong and China Printing Industry. Topics discussed the U.S.-China trade dispute and other trade standoffs in different parts of the world; views of Henry Woo, general manager of Leo Paper's OEM business department on looking forward on the close relationships and strong partnerships; and commercial contribution or cost challenges with or without tariff implementation.

The article offers information on the printing business in Hong Kong and China, and mentions the initiative of export printers to avoid the trade dispute between the country and the U.S., along with the changes in paper pricing to growth and diversify. Topics discussed include the threats pose by the tariff imposed by the U.S. to imported goods from China, the negative implication of the trade war on the publishing sector, and the consolidation of conventional printing business of Hung Hing.

The article examines the economic conditions of the print manufacturing industry in Hong Kong, China. It looks at how wage increases have impacted the labor market and productivity as well as how advances in digital printing have improved the industry. Noted companies covered in the article include Hung Hing, Leo Paper Group, and Magnum Offset.

The article focuses on increasing issue of fake articles and fake scholarly journals, and the possible steps which can be taken to prevent them. Topics discussed include role of librarians to check the authenticity of papers by checking in Cabell's Blacklist, checking of emails and affiliations of the author, and fabricated peer reviews of scientific articles in China.

The article discusses the 2014 Forum of the International Ceramics Artists Association (ICAA) held August 23 to September 3, 2014 in Shandong, Zibo City, China. Topics discussed include the Zibo Chinese Ceramics Museum, the role of the ICAA in promoting communication between ceramic artists, and articles in the ICAA publication about the influence of local materials on ceramics around the world.

The article reports on Environmental Protection Management Regulations for Solid Wastes that are Imported with Restrictions and Can be Used as Raw Materials and Environmental Protection Management Regulations for Imported Waste Paper documents issued by the Ministry of Environmental Protection in China.

The article reports that 12 of the 21 Chinese law firms had over 70 percent of income from non-contentious practices like lawsuits, based on the 2016 China Elite paper. Topics discussed include firms that generated within 51 to 70 percent of yearly turnover like JT&N, Zhong Lun and ZheijangT&C, firms that made at least 50 percent of income from dispute resolutions like DeHeng, Longan and Tahota, and legal practices with biggest incomes like capital markets, regulatory and antitrust.

The article narrates how Crayola, the iconic crayon brand in the U.S. owned by Hallmark Cards, uses online tools to grow sales in China, where the brand is still in early stages. Topics discussed include media agency VML China conducting focus groups to probe deeper into the Chinese parents' conception of creativity. Also mentioned are VML China creating a virtual art gallery that is hosted on WeChat and VML running an e-commerce operations on the Tmall platform of Alibaba online marketplace.