Category: China-Australia Relations

Australian PM Backs G7 Statement Against China’s Economic Coercion

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has expressed Australia’s support for the leaders’ statement coming from the G7 summit against China asserting its disputed claims in the Indo-Pacific region through force and coercion. “We have said for some time that China’s activity, and we expressed concern for ourselves as well, the chafing of one of our aircraft,…


Australian PM Backs G-7 Statement Against China’s Economic Coercion

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has expressed Australia’s support for the leaders’ statement coming from the G-7 summit against China asserting its disputed claims in the Indo-Pacific region through force and coercion. “We have said for some time that China’s activity, and we expressed concern for ourselves as well, the chafing of one of our aircraft,…


US Should Strengthen Relationships With Allies to Counter China: Expert

The United States should further strengthen relationships with its allies and partners to effectively counter China, according to Roy Kamphausen, president of the National Bureau of Asian Research. “We’ve strengthened our relationships with allies and partners, which is really an essential feature. The [Chinese Communist Party] CCP, is threatened by the strengthened US alliances,” Kamphausen…


Beijing’s Ambassador Confirms Lifting of Ban on Australian Timber As China Seeks CPTPP Approval

After three years of tit-for-tat trade disputes, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has confirmed it will resume its importation of Australian timber—effective immediately. In a rare media appearance, Beijing’s ambassador to Canberra, Xiao Qian, told reporters that the central government’s decision was based on a “serious study” provided to Beijing by Australia on the quarantine risks…


Chinese Businessman Sanctioned by US Revealed to Back Influential China-Australia Group

A Chinese fishing tycoon recently blacklisted by the United States for human rights abuses has been found to be the financier and “permanent honorary chairman” of a China-Australia economic and trade group questioned over its links to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Zhuo Xinrong, also known as Zhuo Longxiong, was a benefactor of the Sydney-based…


Union Pushes Australian Government to Tax Critical Mineral Exports to China

One of Australia’s largest unions is calling on the federal government to impose a “punitive tax” on exports of unprocessed critical minerals to China to protect the country’s national interest. On May 16, Daniel Walton, the national secretary of the Australian Workers Union (AWU), warned of the risks of exporting raw materials to China without…


Australian PM Believes Breakthrough in Trade Relationship with China Is Possible

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese believed Australia would be able to make a breakthrough in resolving the trade war with China following a recent delegation to Beijing. Trade Minister Don Farrell has returned after visiting China on the week ending May 14 to discuss with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao the possibility of Beijing lifting…


Budget Neglects National Security

Commentary “Mr Speaker, I am announcing tonight a schedule to increase Australia’s defence expenditure to three percent of GDP over the next 10 years. “This is a necessary response to the Defence Strategic Review which the Albanese government commissioned, the recommendations of which we endorsed recently. It is a realistic response to the threats to our…


Fiji Leader Apologizes for 1987 Military Coup Ahead of India-Pacific Summit

Fiji’s prime minister on Sunday apologized for his actions during the nation’s 1987 military coup, which led to a mass exodus of Indian Fijians from the nation, ahead of the India-Pacific Islands summit next week. Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka made his apology at a church service held at the Vodafone Arena in Suva, which…


Chinese State-Owned Baowu Group Eyes Western Australia for New Green Facility

Chinese state-owned iron and steel company, Baowu Group, has indicated an interest in building a new green steel plant in Western Australia. During talks with Australia’s Federal Trade Minister Don Farrell in Beijing on May 11, Baowu Group’s chairman Chen Dorong said Western Australia’s availability of clean energy, and ore made the state an ideal…