The intersection between international relations, economic development and aid is the territory to be explored in a new APJC fellowship for Australian journalists endorsed by Australia’s peak aid body.

Christopher Zinn reports for ABC News: There are several must-see sights on the tsunami tourism trail in Banda Aceh but the normality of a simple wrecked house remains among the most chilling.

Christopher Zinn reports on his return to Aceh with APJC in 2014, nine years after his first visit: The official Aceh tsunami 10th commemoration singles out just three words to try and give some meaning to the loss of 166,000 of its citizens: reflection, appreciation and awakening.

Greg Roberts of Australian Associated Press reports: In early 2005 I was sitting in a makeshift cafe in Banda Aceh sipping coffee with local survivors. Surrounding us was an apocalyptic scene of rubble where a city used to be and it felt like the world had changed forever.

Greg Roberts of Australian Associated Press reports: Given how loaded the word sharia is in Australia today, it is significant that barely a decade ago Australians came together to help an Asian Islamic powerhouse.

Greg Roberts of Australian Associated Press reports: The humanitarian response to the tsunami in Aceh worked out well because of a surprising lack of corruption from the Indonesian side, says World Vision Australia chief the Reverend Tim Costello.

Applications are invited from Australian journalists to join the International Development Journalism Fellowship from 12 to 26 March 2015, coordinated by the Asia Pacific Journalism Centre. Applications close at midnight Sunday 21 December 2014.

Mark Skulley reports for The New Daily: China wants cheaper labour on Australian resource projects under the free trade agreement, not just scarce skills.

Jennifer Hewett of The Australian Financial Review was on ABC Radio National's Saturday Extra to discuss Australia's trade relations with China and lessons learned on the 2014 China Australia Journalist Exchange.

Auskar Surbakti of ABC News reports: China's state-controlled media is not being spared the new media challenges facing its Western counterparts, as publications contend with financial challenges and government influence.