China says Australia is threatening regional stability.

Why does China think Australia is threatening regional stability?

China has been increasing its military capabilities in recent years, forcing other nations to prepare for potential threats from the superpower.
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The Chinese navy has built 12 nuclear subs over the past 15 years.

The Pentagon estimated last year that … Read the rest

Partner Visa Processing Times, Shanghai, China

Subclass 300 and 309 processing times in Shanghai, China.

Processing times shown for each month below, are sourced from a Department of Home Affairs (DHA) Freedom of Information release.

Where ‘n/a’ is shown, this means that no processing times were available due to the low numbers of visa finalisations. Processing Read the rest

Partner Visa Processing Times, Guangzhou, China

Subclass 300 and 309 processing times in Guangzhou, China.

Processing times shown for each month below, are sourced from a Department of Home Affairs (DHA) Freedom of Information release.

Where ‘n/a’ is shown, this means that no processing times were available due to the low numbers of visa finalisations. Processing Read the rest

Flights: China to Australia, April 2021.

Passenger numbers – China to Australia in April 2021.

In April 2021, China Southern Airlines operated 16 return flights to Australia, from Guangzhou, China.

Passenger numbers on these flights totalled:

  • 97 passengers into Australia
  • 2,355 passengers back to Guangzhou.

This averaged:

  • 6 passengers per flight, China to Australia.
  • 147 passengers
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Boycott of global brands re forced Uyghur Labour.

Popular Brands Boycotted by China.

Should people boycott global brands that use forced Uyghur labour in their supply chains?

China is boycotting businesses from some countries that try to stand up for action against forced labour in their production lines.

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The Swedish company H&M is no longer using cotton … Read the rest

China, Twitter and the Fake Tweet image.

The Fake Twitter image and China.

Zhao Lijian, China’s foreign ministry spokesman, tweeted a digitally created image that purported to show an Australian soldier holding a bloodied knife to the throat of an Afghan child on Monday 30 November 2020.

The cybersecurity firm, Cyabra, said it had found 57.5% of … Read the rest

Chinese Australian relations 2020

The change in the Chinese Australian relationship in 2020.

Only 23% of Australians now trust China to act responsibly in the world. This is down from 52% in 2018.

Those figures are from the annual Lowy Institute Poll, which tracks Australian views on foreign policy. They also state that confidence … Read the rest

Australia China Overseas Trade

In 2017/18 China was Australia’s number one export market. It was also the largest source of international students, the most valuable tourism market, a major source of foreign direct investment and the largest agricultural goods market.

In 2017/18 Australian exports to China were $123.3b, whilst the imports from China were … Read the rest