Anthony Albanese, Australia's premier minister, during an code astatine the National Press Club successful Canberra, Australia, connected Tuesday, June 10, 2025.
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Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrived successful Shanghai connected Saturday for a six-day sojourn to 3 Chinese cities wherever determination information tensions and economical ties are apt to predominate talks.
Albanese's 2nd sojourn to China, wherever helium volition conscionable President Xi Jinping, comes aft Canberra stepped up screening of Chinese concern successful captious minerals and arsenic U.S. President Donald Trump rattles the planetary system with sweeping import tariffs.
Here is simply a timeline of relations betwixt Australia and China implicit caller years:
Nov. 17, 2014 - Australia sealed a landmark escaped commercialized statement with apical commercialized spouse China, concluding a decennary of negotiations. It comes into effect successful precocious 2015.
Dec. 5, 2017 - Australia, acrophobic astir Chinese influence, announces a prohibition connected overseas governmental donations to forestall outer interference successful its politics.
Aug. 23, 2018 - Australia bans Huawei Technologies from supplying instrumentality for its planned 5G broadband network, citing nationalist information regulations.
April 2020 - Australia seeks enactment for an planetary enquiry into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. China's past ambassador to Australia says that successful effect to the call, the Chinese nationalist would boycott Australian wine, beef and tourism.
June 9, 2020 - China urges students going overseas to deliberation cautiously earlier choosing Australia, citing racist incidents, threatening a $27.5 cardinal marketplace for educating overseas students.
August 2020 - Australian national Cheng Lei, a concern anchor for Chinese authorities tv successful Beijing, is detained.
Nov 27, 2020 - China announces impermanent anti-dumping tariffs connected Australian wine. Shipments of Australian unrecorded lobsters, timber and barley are besides blocked oregon restricted astir this time. China's embassy lists 14 grievances with Australia, including the blocking of 10 Chinese investments connected nationalist information grounds.
May 22, 2022 - Australia's Labor Party, led by Albanese, wins the wide predetermination ending astir a decennary of blimpish rule.
Nov. 15, 2022 - Albanese meets Xi connected the sidelines of the G20 successful Indonesia. It is the archetypal leaders' gathering since 2016.
Jan. 3, 2023 - China allows 3 government-backed utilities and its apical steelmaker to resume ember imports from Australia.
Aug. 5, 2023 - China ends 80.5% tariffs connected Australian barley.
Oct. 11, 2023 - China releases Australian writer Cheng Lei aft 3 years successful a Beijing situation connected nationalist information charges.
Oct. 22, 2023 - China agrees to reappraisal dumping tariffs of 218% connected Australian wine. Australia pauses WTO complaint.
Nov. 6-7, 2023 - Visiting Beijing, Albanese tells Xi and Premier Li Qiang that a beardown narration betwixt the 2 countries was "beneficial into the future". Xi says unchangeable bilateral ties served each other's interests and some countries should grow their cooperation.
Jan. 18, 2024 - Australia rejects comments by China's ambassador seeking to deflect blasted from China's navy for the wounded of Australian subject divers successful an incidental adjacent Japan successful November.
Feb. 5, 2024 - A Beijing tribunal hands Australian writer Yang Hengjun a suspended decease sentence, 5 years aft helium was archetypal detained successful China and 3 years aft a closed-door proceedings connected espionage charges.
March 29, 2024 - China lifts tariffs connected Australian wine, triggering a surge successful imports.
Dec. 3, 2024 - China lifts last restrictions connected Australian beef.
Dec. 12, 2024 - Australia strikes rugby league backing woody with Papua New Guinea that is contingent connected its Pacific Islands neighbour rejecting information oregon policing ties with China.
Dec. 26, 2024 - China resumes imports of Australian lobster.
Feb. 21, 2025 - Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong raises concerns with Chinese counterpart implicit inadequate announcement fixed by the Chinese navy of a live-fire workout successful planetary waters betwixt Australia and New Zealand that forced airlines to divert flights.
May 3, 2025 - Albanese's Labor authorities is re-elected for a 2nd word successful nationalist elections.
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