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Analysts say Beijing is opting for the carrot over the stick as its economy sputters and public disapproval of China internationally reaches historic highs

Chinas red carpet treatment for "handsome boy" Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese offered an intriguing blueprint for Beijings shifting approach to international diplomacy.

China's red carpet treatment for "handsome boy" Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese offered an intriguing blueprint for Beijing's shifting approach to international diplomacy. "People were saying that we have a handsome boy coming from Australia," he joked.

Chinas red carpet treatment for handsome boy Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese offered an intriguing blueprint for Beijings shifting approach to international diplomacy. Albanese was given a gala welcome to Beijing this week, with a smiling President Xi Jinping promisi ..

Australians will be told to decide on the government’s proposal to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution for the first time and create a representative body for them.

Australian voters look set to reject greater rights and recognition for Aboriginal citizens on Saturday, in a bitterly fought referendum that has rekindled the country's long history of racial strife.Today, Indigenous Australians have the same rights as any other citizen, but inequality is pervasive.

Then-home affairs minister Peter Dutton was told by AFP that an offshore detention contractor was being investigated for bribery.

While the leaders of the G7 met in Japan, Chinese President Xi Jinping used a China-Central Asia Summit to push further economic and trade ties along the old Silk Road under the banner of his signature policy — the Belt and Road Initiative. So how is the project tracking and can it challenge US global influence?

While the leaders of the G7 met in Japan, Chinese President Xi Jinping used a China-Central Asia Summit to push further economic and trade ties along the old Silk Road under the banner of his signature policy — the Belt and Road Initiative. So how is the project tracking and can it challenge US global influence?

While the leaders of the G7 met in Japan, Chinese President Xi Jinping used a China-Central Asia Summit to push further economic and trade ties along the old Silk Road under the banner of his signature policy — the Belt and Road Initiative. So how is the project tracking and can it challenge US global influence?