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Anthony Albanese has now confirmed he’ll be heading to China before the end of the year. He is the first Australian prime minister to visit since 2016, and it is the culmination of an improvement in China-Australia relations since the change of government.

Exclusive: Sino-Australian relations expert had phone confiscated and was asked to provide information during ‘heavy-handed’ and ‘counterproductive’ episode

A key calculation of the Australian PM’s team is that dialogue is of value, even if both sides agree to disagree

Chinese Australian writer and democracy blogger Yang Hengjun has told his family he fears he will die in a Beijing detention center after being diagnosed with a kidney cyst, prompting supporters to demand his release for medical treatment

‘In my cell, the sunlight shines through the window but I can stand in it for only 10 hours a year’

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‘In my cell, the sunlight shines through the window but I can stand in it for only 10 hours a year’

The former television anchor says ‘I haven’t seen a tree in three years’ but ‘most of all I miss my children’

Dfat calls for China to exercise ‘basic standards of justice’ in case of Australian journalist detained since 2020 over national security-related accusations

The Victorian government could have to pay millions of dollars in compensation for bailing out of the 2026 Commonwealth Games, and Treasurer Jim Chalmers and his Chinese counterpart had ‘friendly’ talks in India about lifting trade sanctions and about two detained Australians, Cheng Lei and Yang Hengjun.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has criticized Hong Kong authorities over their pursuit of two pro-democracy activists who live in Australia