Australia-China

China-Tied Fund Seeks to Axe Australia Rare Earths Firm’s Head

The fund’s push to remove Northern Minerals' chairman comes after the miner asked Australian authorities to investigate whether ‘Chinese interests’…

4 months ago

China Invites Australian PM to Visit Beijing This Year – SCMP

China had issued the invitations “some time ago” but a time for trip was yet to be decided, the report…

12 months ago

Australia Bans TikTok Risking Ongoing Trade Talks With China

With Australia's ban, all members of the so-called Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network have banned the short video app from government…

12 months ago

China Denies Alleged $9 Billion Australian Gold Doping Scandal

Australia’s national broadcaster reported this week that Perth Mint had sold an approximate 100 tonnes of diluted gold bars to…

1 year ago

China Buys Australian Cotton in Anticipation of Trade Ban Lift

China imported 20,000 tonnes of Australian cotton in 2022, compared to 400,000 in 2019, according to Chinese customs data.

1 year ago

Australia Was China’s Top Trade Restrictions Target – Study

The report examined what it said were 73 "coercive PRC actions" recorded between 2020 and 2022, of which 21 were…

1 year ago

China-Australia Coal Import Thaw Could Freeze Out Europe

Less frosty ties between Beijing and Canberra could prompt a resumption of Australian coal exports to China, but that could…

2 years ago

Chinese Firms Vie for Control of Huge DRC Lithium Project – SCMP

Chinese entities may retain major involvement or even end up controlling the huge Manono lithium project proposed by Australia's AVZ…

2 years ago

China and Australia Make Rival Bids to Woo Pacific Island Nations

China is seeking a 10-nation deal on security and trade, while Australia is offering help to counter climate change, plus…

2 years ago

China Using Drones to Map And Survey Antarctica

Scientists in Australia and other countries with a keen interest in Antarctica have been closely following China's activities in the…

2 years ago

Australia Says China Pact Puts Solomons’ Sovereignty at Risk

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce warns that totalitarian China built bases in the South China Sea after vowing never to…

2 years ago

Australian PM Declines to Meet New Chinese Ambassador – SMH

Prime Minister Scott Morrison declined a meeting with China’s new ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian, despite a formal request from…

2 years ago