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China premier Li Qiang is in Australia for a four-day visit, the first by a senior Chinese official in seven years.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said he and Chinese Premier Li Qiang discussed improving military-to-military communications to avoid future incidents involving their armed forces in their wide-ranging meeting on Monday.

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China hailed mended ties with Australia on Monday, saying relations were "on the right track" as the trading partners moved on from a bitter economic dispute despite a duel for influence in the Pacific. Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrived to a grand ceremonial welcome at Parliament House in Canberra.

Pro-democracy activists and Beijing loyalists lent a colourful backdrop to talks between Chinese 2IC Li Qiang and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

The first visit to Australia by a Chinese premier in seven years was marked by anti-China groups protesting China’s disregard for human rights

Tensions rise in the South China Sea as a Chinese vessel collides with a Philippine supply ship near the disputed Spratly Islands.

States are on course to spend $100bn a year, driven by a sharp increase in US defence budgets

A Chinese vessel and a Philippine supply ship collided near the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on Monday, China’s coast guard said