Anthony Albanese has confirmed Australia’s worst kept diplomatic secret, officially announcing that China’s premier, Li Qiang, will visit the country this week – and his first stop will be a visit to the Adelaide Zoo. News.com.au has confirmed he will arrive in Adelaide on Saturday evening, and then on SundayContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese has confirmed he will host Chinese Premier Li Qiang for bilateral talks during his visit to Australia this week. This is the second visit from a senior Chinese official to Australia this year, after China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit in March. Mr Albanese announced he will meetContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken engaged in discussions with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other senior Chinese officials on Friday, highlighting the importance of effective communication and also also warned the officials to prevent misunderstandings and misjudgments amidst escalating tensions between the two nations, as per anContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese will make history this week when he becomes the first sitting prime minister to walk part of the gruelling Kokoda Track. Accompanied by his Papua New Guinean counterpart James Marape, Australian Defence Force representatives and a select number of media, the group will walk from Kokoda Village throughContinue Reading
Beijing has warned Australia to “be careful” against acting on its “unwarranted anxieties toward China”, questioning how relations can improve while Canberra accuses it of coercion. In an opinion piece by Chinese government mouthpiece the Global Times, Beijing lamented that despite a significant thawing in the bilateral relationship, Australia’s newlyContinue Reading
NSW Premier Chris Minns says he is committed to a “productive and stable relationship” with China as the country’s top diplomat continues his landmark visit. China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi travelled to Sydney on Thursday following landmark talks with Foreign Affairs Ministers Penny Wong earlier in the week. The visitContinue Reading
Pro-Tibet protesters rallied outside Parliament House, calling on Foreign Minister Penny Wong to put human rights issues at the top of her meeting with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. Senator Wong and Mr Wang met for the seventh time in Parliament House on Wednesday, marking the first time a ChineseContinue Reading
The federal government has made a grim concession after revelations it lifted ankle bracelet monitoring and curfew conditions imposed on an ex-detainee convicted of serious sex crimes. Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil said an individual known as XTVC, released under a High Court ruling in November, was released without monitoringContinue Reading
China’s top foreign affairs official Wang Yi has been accused of snubbing Australia again by refusing to front up to a press conference with his counterpart Penny Wong. News.com.au has confirmed that the Chinese foreign minister was invited by the Foreign Minister’s office but has declined to attend the pressContinue Reading
Social media giant TikTok poses a “very serious threat” to Australians and will remain unsafe unless its relationship with Beijing is “severed”, opposition home affairs spokesman James Paterson says. Speaking on Sunday, Mr Paterson said that while the Coalition wasn’t yet supportive of an outright ban on the platform, heContinue Reading