Allyson Horn is the ABC's China correspondent, based in Beijing. She was formerly the Middle East correspondent from 2022 to 2025, based in Jerusalem.
Allyson is a multimedia broadcast journalist with more than 15 years' experience working for ABC News across radio, TV and online. She has reported from more than a dozen countries covering wars, natural catastrophes and politics. Allyson is a Walkley-nominated reporter who has received awards for best Queensland Regional Broadcast Journalist, Northern Territory News Breaker of the Year and an Australian Sports Commission Award.
Allegations of espionage between China and the US are nothing new. But a target as big as Jensen Huang could change who wins the AI race.
The giant American tech company, NVIDIA, is starting an investigation into allegations that its boss, Jensen Huang, had an affair with a Chinese spy.
I was on a tourist boat as it passed into North Korean waters, just 100 metres from the shoreline of the hermit kingdom. The tourists around me were all asking one question.
Workers in the world's largest gig economy are being paid as little as $45 a day and sometimes going months without a day off. The ABC hears from one of them.
Donald Trump hails a "truly great friendship" with President Xi. But the defining feature of their relationship remains a greater rivalry.
China said the pair agreed to back each other's hosting of APEC in Shenzhen and the G20 in Miami later this year, but there were no announcements of further agreements. Take a look back at how the day unfolded.
China and America are racing for AI supremacy, and neither will slow down while the other keeps surging. But that does not mean China is not worried about AI threats.
Concerns about artificial intelligence have been turbocharged in recent days with dire predictions from industry leaders that the technology could wipe out humanity, and that a kill switch should be built into the software.
Video of an Australian woman who completed and won an endurance event in China after soiling herself has sparked debate about sport hygiene standards.
The safety of China's cabbages, which are exported across the world, has been thrown into question after the vegetables were found to be dipped in the cancer-causing chemical formaldehyde.
After a horrifying video of a landslide hitting China-controlled Tibet emerged online, it started to disappear in China. This is just one way Beijing is trying to control information about the disaster.
The flash flood in the Himalayan border region has killed more than 160 people in Nepal. More than 300 foreign nationals, including dozens of Australians, are missing.
Vision posted online by the Philippines Coast Guard shows Filipino and Chinese personnel briefly engaging each other from inflatable boats, with the Philippines accusing China of assaulting one of its navy staff.
You can swap an empty electric vehicle battery in about four minutes in China. It is part of how China has come to dominate the EV industry.
A boyfriend betrayed 17-year-old Xiaoxue, so she made an AI partner. But now the government is trying to end her relationship.
A landslide in south-western China's Chongqing municipality has buried people in rubble and destroyed a roadway and a number of buildings, according to state media.
China's firing of a dummy warhead was the first time in two years it tested its long-range missile arsenal — and the first time ever it had launched such a rocket from a nuclear-powered submarine.
Topic: Defence and National Security
This latest military test demonstrates China's growing willingness to use its military strength to send a warning to the Pacific: that Beijing now has the military and nuclear means to assert its dominance in the region.
Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un's bilateral talks in North Korea were a big departure from the Chinese president's usual diplomacy playbook because, for this first time this year, he was the one travelling abroad to make the meeting happen.
China is cracking down on beef imports and says it is ready to slap Australia with an additional 55 per cent tariff in the coming days.
Chinese President Xi Jinping praised the building of a "stable relationship" with the US as the two world leaders met in Beijing. Take a look back at the historic state visit. Take a look back at how the day unfolded.
The highly anticipated summit between US President Donald Trump and China's leader Xi Jinping has so far failed to yield any major announcements or deals between the two countries.
From a red carpet welcome to a high-profile tech entourage and a pointed reference to Taiwan, here are the main takeaways from Donald Trump's meeting with Xi Jinping in China.
The highly anticipated meeting saw Donald Trump meet his Chinese counterpart in Beijing for the first time in nearly nine years. Take a look back at the historic visit.
The leaders of the world's two biggest superpowers, the United States and China, are about to meet in a highly anticipated two-day summit in Beijing.
