China's newly appointed ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian faced heckling as he gave a speech at a local university in Sydney. Qian, who took up the role in January was speaking about the future of frosty relations between China and Australia when multiple protestors interrupted him.

China's ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian heckled, called 'representative of a genocidal dictatorship'

China has denied using the controversy of the Great Barrier Reef to advance its political agenda against Australia. The Great Barrier Reef has been added to the list of World Heritage sites that face the danger of being put on the endangered list.

China denies politics behind Great Barrier Reef's addition to endangered list

In a tit-for-tat move, China has suspended an economic agreement with Australia a few weeks after Canberra scrapped a Belt and Road infrastructure pact. The China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue has been suspended "based on the current attitude" of the Australian government, China's National Development and Reform Commission said in a statement on Thursday.

Tit for tat: China scraps economic accord with Australia

Australia's Trade Minister Dan Tehan said Wednesday that the country's sovereignty is non-negotiable in response to a warning from China’s ambassador that it will “respond in kind” if Canberra joins sanctions on officials accused of human rights abuses.

Australia says sovereignty non-negotiable after China's warning against Xinjiang

Australian public broadcaster SBS said it would stop using content from Chinese state-run television Friday, pending a review of serious human rights concerns. The Australian television, radio and web outlet -- which specialises in multilingual, multicultural content -- said it was investigating CGTN and CCTV's airing of dozens of forced prisoner confessions.

Australian public broadcaster suspends use of China's CCTV, CGTN content

Amid row over the coronavirus probe initiated by Australia, China's deputy head of mission in Australia Wang Xining compared its World War-II ally to "Brutus approaching Julius Caesar".

'And you, Brutus?': Chinese official explains hurt over Australia's COVID-19 probe

President Xi Jinping’s China has been increasingly pushing its agenda beyond its borders and testing how far it can go to exert its influence within the sovereign borders of its democratic trade partners.

Australia’s looming cloud: The China challenge

The People’s Republic of China has been the initiator of hegemony and domination in the present-day comity of nations and the larger system of world politics. The Chinese are opposed and allergic to any theme or political-economic system premised upon democracy, right to protest and is pitted against any respect for Human Rights as is evident with the treatment meted out to minorities in the context of Taiwan, Mongolia, Xinjiang and the most popular case of Tibetan homeland in the Himalayan heights demarcating India and China.

The intended Australia and China decoupling

Australia's counter-espionage agency raided the house of New South Wales state legislator Shaoquett Moselmane amid investigation into alleged Chinese influence in the country's political affairs.

Australian intelligence officers raid lawmaker's premises over alleged China links

Australia has demanded an international probe into the coronavirus outbreak but China has protested and threatened, however, over 110 countries have backed Australia.

Why Australia has more to lose than China in trade row