China-Australia relations

Australia's new government is urging China to lift official and unofficial barriers on Australian exports.

Minister Penny Wong's trip is raising hopes for progress on issues ranging from trade restrictions to detained Australians.

To resist bullying is only “hawkish” if you sympathize with the bullies.

Anthony Albanese described his first in-person meeting with Xi Jinping as “successful” and “positive.”

Recent remarks by Ambassador Xiao Qian should be read not as pure diplomacy, but rather as “political work” in line with China’s strategic doctrine.

We are at the end of an era in which the "relationship with Beijing came to be the symbol of a new era in Australia’s outlook on the world."

Xiao's recent speech signaled a new approach to the relationship from Beijing, but the many protesters also highlighted the lingering structural issues.

Both Canada and Australia accused Chinese military planes of nearly causing collisions during separate aerial encounters.

A change in Australia's government won't magically make all the problems go away, but Beijing and Canberra have a chance to bring the relationship back under control.

Beijing’s ambassador to Australia wrote a newspaper op-ed to try and assuage concerns over China’s new security pact with Solomon Islands – although he didn’t specifically mention the deal.

The Coalition government is highlighting China as a major campaign issue, but in reality the China policies of the Liberal and Labor parties are nearly identical.