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China-Australia relations
![China Slaps 200 Percent Tax on Australia Wine Amid Tensions China Slaps 200 Percent Tax on Australia Wine Amid Tensions](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-11-27-18.jpg)
China Slaps 200 Percent Tax on Australia Wine Amid Tensions
By Associated Press
Wine joins beef, coal, barley, seafood, sugar and timber on the list of goods impacted by growing tensions between Australia and China.
![Australia and China: It’s Complicated Australia and China: It’s Complicated](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-11-23-13.jpg)
Australia and China: It’s Complicated
By Katie Howe
Even amid the current tensions, the state of the relationship is more complex than headlines would suggest.
![Continued Deterioration in Australia-China Relations Fuels Talk of Olympic Boycott Continued Deterioration in Australia-China Relations Fuels Talk of Olympic Boycott](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-10-06-14.jpg)
Continued Deterioration in Australia-China Relations Fuels Talk of Olympic Boycott
By Philip Citowicki
China's economic coercion against Australia is lending fuel to calls for a boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
![China-Australia Relations Continue Their Downward Spiral China-Australia Relations Continue Their Downward Spiral](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-1200px-cosco_universe_29770827768.jpg)
China-Australia Relations Continue Their Downward Spiral
By Eleanor Albert
China is ramping up economic pressure on Australia as overall ties continue to sour.
![China’s Trade Offensive Against Australia Continues with Ban on Wheat Imports China’s Trade Offensive Against Australia Continues with Ban on Wheat Imports](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-11-03-7.jpg)
China’s Trade Offensive Against Australia Continues with Ban on Wheat Imports
By Abhijnan Rej
Wheat joins a long list of commodities whose imports from Australia have been effectively banned by China as it flexes its geoeconomic muscle.
![Public Sentiment Toward Australia Shifts in China Public Sentiment Toward Australia Shifts in China](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-china-flag-crowd.jpg)
Public Sentiment Toward Australia Shifts in China
By Dan Hu
A recent survey notes some important changes in how urban, educated Chinese view Australia.
![China’s Tariffs on Australian Barley: Coercion, Protectionism, or Both? China’s Tariffs on Australian Barley: Coercion, Protectionism, or Both?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-06-19-5.jpg)
China’s Tariffs on Australian Barley: Coercion, Protectionism, or Both?
By Scott Waldron
The Chinese anti-dumping tariffs on Australian barley have been widely interpreted as revenge for Australia’s call for a COVID-19 investigation. But there are other factors at play.
![Australian World Health Assembly Effort to Promote Inquiry on COVID-19 Origins Wins Wide Support Australian World Health Assembly Effort to Promote Inquiry on COVID-19 Origins Wins Wide Support](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-824720.jpg)
Australian World Health Assembly Effort to Promote Inquiry on COVID-19 Origins Wins Wide Support
By Ankit Panda
More than 100 countries have supported the Australian draft resolution calling for an impartial, international inquiry.
![Australia and China Trade Blows Over Calls for a Coronavirus Inquiry Australia and China Trade Blows Over Calls for a Coronavirus Inquiry](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-china-flag-crowd.jpg)
Australia and China Trade Blows Over Calls for a Coronavirus Inquiry
By Joshua Kucera
The contention over a COVID-19 inquiry follows months of deteriorating relations between Canberra and Beijing.
![China Advances Case Against Australian Academic Yang Hengjun China Advances Case Against Australian Academic Yang Hengjun](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-china-flag-prison1.jpg)
China Advances Case Against Australian Academic Yang Hengjun
By Grant Wyeth
Beijing accuses Yang of espionage; Australia says he wasn’t a spy.
![What Australian Media Gets Wrong About China What Australian Media Gets Wrong About China](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-flag-540874_1280.jpg)
What Australian Media Gets Wrong About China
By Yuan Jiang
In 2019, China’s image in Australian media outlets took a noticeable turn for the worse.
![China’s ’Hostage Diplomacy’ Cannot Be Allowed to Stand China’s ’Hostage Diplomacy’ Cannot Be Allowed to Stand](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18345591028051.jpg)
China’s ’Hostage Diplomacy’ Cannot Be Allowed to Stand
By Ankit Panda
Michael Kovrig, Michael Spavor, and Yang Hengjun must be freed.