Source: International Business Times
Bilateral ties between Australia and China have been strained by a suspended death sentence handed to a Chinese-Australian dissident writer AFP China on Thursday announced the lifting of punitive tariffs on Australian wine, in a sign that the precarious bilateral relationship could be improving despite setbacks. Here is a look at China-Australia ties over recent years:Beijing has said Canberra fired "the first shot" in the deterioration of relations when, in 2018, it effectively banned Chinese telecom giants Huawei and ZTE from rolling out Australia's 5G network over security concerns. The move followed growing Australian disquiet over Chinese influence in its domestic politics, as well as in its traditional sphere of interest in the South Pacific.
