Category: China-Australia

Australian Police Charge Chinese National With ‘Foreign Interference’

Australian police said Monday they had charged a Chinese national with "reckless foreign interference", accusing the woman of spying on a local Buddhist group for Beijing. Assistant police commissioner Stephen Nutt said the woman had been covertly gathering information on the ...

‘Dialogue’ Must Be at Heart of China, Australia Ties, PM Tells Xi

By Sam Davies with Steven Trask in Sydney "Dialogue" must be at the heart of ties between Canberra and Beijing, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday as he met President Xi Jinping in the Chinese capital. ...

Australia PM in China to Boost Trade Despite Regional Angst

By Peter Catterall Anthony Albanese arrived in Shanghai on Saturday to kick off his second visit to China as Australian prime minister, seeking to bolster recently stabilised trade ties even as geopolitical tensions remain high. ...

China Says Australian PM Albanese to Visit This Week

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will begin a six-day visit to China on Saturday, his office and Beijing said. China lifted a ban on Australian rock lobster in December, the last barrier in a broader, multibillion-dollar trade war that erupted under ...

Australia Says China Anxiety, Geography Driving Closer Indonesia Ties

Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said Thursday that security anxiety over China was partly driving deepening ties with Indonesia in a region riven by rivalry between Beijing and Washington. His visit to meet counterpart Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin in Jakarta came weeks after ...

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

Plugging into African Agency

After several years of declining funding, the African end of the Belt and Road Initiative seems to be roaring back. The newest Griffith University/Green Development Finance Center data on the Belt and Road Initiative shows that engagement with Africa jumped by 395%, while a few big projects boosted engagement in Nigeria alone more than twelvefold.

These shifts indicate a window of opportunity for African electrification. 60% of Africans still lack ...

Chinese Ambassador Lashes Australian Plan to Buy Back Key Port

China's ambassador to Australia has condemned a push to block a Chinese company running a strategically important Australian shipping port, calling it "ethically questionable." The Landbridge group was granted a 99-year lease on the northern port of Darwin in 2015, a ...

Australia Rebuffs China’s Appeal to ‘Join Hands’ in Trade

Australia rebuffed China's appeal to "join hands" to defend trade on Thursday, as Beijing looks for partners to help it blunt U.S. tariffs now ratcheted up to 125 percent. Ambassador Xiao Qian urged Australia and other trading partners to "jointly respond ...

Australia to Buy Darwin Port Lease From Chinese Firm: PM

Australia plans to buy back control of its strategic northern port of Darwin from the current Chinese leaseholder, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Friday. China's Landbridge group was granted a 99-year lease on the port in 2015, a widely criticised decision ...

China Unapologetic After Live Firing Drills off Australian Coast

Beijing's ambassador to Canberra said Friday he would not apologize for surprise Chinese naval drills near Australia that forced dozens of commercial flights to change course. Some 49 flights were forced to divert last week when three Chinese warships announced live firing ...

Beijing Accuses Australia of ‘Hyping’ China Naval Live Fire Drills

Beijing on Sunday said Canberra had "deliberately hyped" recent Chinese naval exercises near the Australian coast and confirmed its forces had used live fire in an incident that rattled Australian policymakers. Authorities in Australia and close ally New Zealand have been ...

Australia Woos Solomon Islands After Pro-China PM’s Exit

Australia touted on Thursday a "much bigger" relationship with the Solomon Islands, further ramping up efforts to woo a Pacific nation that has lurched closer to China in recent years. Foreign Minister Penny Wong arrived in Honiara for talks with new ...

China is the “Clear and Present Danger” Facing Australia, Warn Security Analysts

Australia should prepare for a U.S.-China war within three years and should consider reinstating the draft and reintroducing nuclear weapons.  These were some of the talking points at a recent roundtable convened by the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age on national ...
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