Chinese Premier Li Qiang is set to arrive in Australia for a four-day tour including diplomatic talks that are expected to bring good news for the country’s winemakers and panda lovers. Meanwhile, leaders and national security experts have urged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to remain firm in condemning human rightsContinue Reading
Half the number of Chinese travellers are coming to Australia than before the pandemic. The stark figures are a major concern for the tourism industry, given Chinese visitors injected more than $12 billion into the Australian economy in 2019. Qantas announced last week it would be scrapping its Sydney toContinue Reading
An 11-second video of Anthony Albanese going for a walk in Shanghai has gone viral on Chinese social media — with the country’s leader even remarking on the clip of the “handsome boy”. Will Glasgow, North Asia correspondent with The Australian, happened to spot the Prime Minister with his securityContinue Reading
The Albanese government must “remain clear-eyed” about China, the Coalition has warned, despite the Prime Minister’s meeting with Xi Jinping in Beijing marking a significant thawing in the relationship. Anthony Albanese’s meeting with Mr Xi marks the first time an Australian prime minister has visited China in seven years, andContinue Reading
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will raise the issue of an Australian writer jailed in China on espionage allegations when he meets with Chinese counterparts this weekend. Mr Albanese will land in Beijing on Saturday, becoming the first Australian leader to visit China in seven years. During the landmark four-day visit,Continue Reading
Anthony Albanese will be the first Australian prime minister to visit China in seven years, but he’s been urged to consider how the trip could bolster Xi Jinping’s credibility. The Prime Minister met with Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit in Indonesia, where he formallyContinue Reading
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed he will visit China “before the end of the year”. An invitation from President Xi Jinping has been extended to Mr Albanese for some months now, but it was only after a meeting with Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of the East AsiaContinue Reading
The Reserve Bank has sounded the alarm on the fast-deteriorating Chinese economy, warning that its embattled property sector poses a major risk to Australia’s outlook. China is Australia’s largest trading partner and the world’s second largest economy, but it has faced mounting headwinds in recent months, ultimately sliding into deflationContinue Reading
China is rolling out panicked measures in a desperate bid to boost confidence as the world’s second-largest economy grapples with a drastic downturn that’s sparking fears across the globe. In one of the biggest moves, Beijing slashed a tax on trading for the first time in 15 years on Monday.Continue Reading
China has banned Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. It’s blocked Google and Bing. Zoom isn’t allowed. Even the ABC is deemed unsuitable for its citizens. But Beijing’s quite comfortable threatening Australia not to “repeat its mistakes” and damage relations by sanctioning TikTok and WeChat. This week, an inquiry into foreign interferenceContinue Reading