Category: China-Australia Relations

Senator Pushes Labor Government to Keep up With Allies on TikTok Ban

The federal government is under pressure over its slow response to bans on Tiktok in the United States, Canada, and the European Union. The shadow minister for Cybersecurity and Countering Foreign Interference, Senator James Paterson, says the Labor government has been “inconsistent and haphazard” in its approach to national security. According to an audit by…


When the CCP Opens Its Economy, It’s Never Out of Friendliness

Commentary The prospect of a return to the previous era of trade between Australia and China has been the subject of considerable speculation in recent weeks following meetings between officials from both nations. The prospective thaw in relations saw corporate executives, including university vice-chancellors, flocking back to China with excited alacrity, eager to recreate the…


Exposing the Tip of the Chinese Foreign Interference Iceberg

Commentary The revelation by Mike Burgess, the head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), that foreign espionage has increased significantly in Australia was unsurprising. Burgess said two years ago that Asia’s counter-espionage activities had surpassed its anti-terrorism efforts in recent times. He previously warned of a plot by a foreign government to have candidates…


Beijing Should Stop Supplying Weapons to Russia and Lift Australian Trade Bans: Foreign Minister

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong met with her new Chinese counterpart and again urged for the lifting of trade barriers, as well as calling on the regime to stop supplying weapons to Russia. Following her visit to Beijing in December, Wong met Foreign Minister Qin Gang on the sidelines of the recent G20 summit meeting…


Chinese-Made Cameras Found at ABC’s Headquarters in Sydney

Surveillance equipment made by companies linked to China’s communist regime has been found at Australia’s national broadcaster and is being dismantled, an internal audit has confirmed. Cameras made by Hikvision and Dahua were found to have been installed at Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)’s headquarters in Ultimo, Sydney and two other locations. An ABC spokesman said…


Anti-CCP Activist Drew Pavlou Facing Court Over Protesting Against Xi Jinpin

Australian human rights activist Drew Pavlou is facing a court hearing over his protest against Chinese leader Xi Jinping last year. Pavlou, a vocal critic of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), was arrested by New South Wales (NSW) police at an anti-CCP rally in Eastwood, a Chinese community in northwest Sydney, in May 2022 and…


Anti-CCP Activist Drew Pavlou Facing Court Over Protesting Against Xi Jinping

Australian human rights activist Drew Pavlou is facing a court hearing over his protest against Chinese leader Xi Jinping last year. Pavlou, a vocal critic of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), was arrested by New South Wales (NSW) police at an anti-CCP rally in Eastwood, a Chinese community in northwest Sydney, in May 2022 and…


Coalition Vows Not to Go Nuclear on Labor’s Submarine Choice

Opposition leader Peter Dutton has pledged the Coalition will back the Albanese government’s choice of nuclear submarine, despite insisting U.S. vessels are the best option. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to travel to Washington this month to announce alongside U.S. President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak which submarine Australia will acquire under the…


Beijing-Linked Solomons Government Moves to Declare CCP-Critic a Foreign Agent

The last pockets of resistance against Beijing’s encroaching influence in a small Pacific nation are being steadily wiped out by the compliant national government. Former provincial leader Daniel Suidani, who was ousted from office in a contentious no-confidence vote in early February, is being forced to explain why he is not a foreign agent or…


Australian Community Language Schools Students Indoctrinated by CCP: Language School Principal

Australian students are allegedly being “indoctrinated with Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda” in taxpayer-funded community language schools, a Chinese language school principal has warned. Dr. Bin Lin founded his community language school, the Academy of Chinese Culture 12 years ago and has been its principal ever since. Lin alleges that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has…