Last year consolidated the thaw that began under the Albanese government. Entering 2025, however, the Australia-China relationship will face growing uncertainties.

Posts have flooded social media warning that a new pandemic could be starting in China. Here's why scientists think those fears might be overblown.

Australia's Fortescue said on Wednesday that it would partner with a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Baowu Steel Group, the world's largest steelmaker, to address challenges in decarbonising the global steel industry.

In May, 60 China scholars signed an open letter warning the Australian Research Council (ARC), the federal government's top non-medical research funding body, that the state of Australia's research on China had hit "crisis point".

The resignation of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has overseen deteriorating ties with China over the past nine years, has rekindled hopes for "a rebound" in bilateral relations despite mutual distrust,

Analysis - Five years on from the first news of Covid-19, recent reports of an obscure respiratory virus in China may understandably raise concerns.

The United States Department of Defence has added Chinese battery manufacturing giant Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) to its list of companies linked to China’s military.

2025 offers no quick fixes to the economic problems of the past year, according to experts, but expect an easing of interest rates and inflation that have made life more difficult for millions of people.

China's commerce ministry on Thursday said it has resumed regular quarantine inspections for lobsters imported from Australia, effectively restoring shipments that had been disrupted since late 2020 due to a diplomatic dispute.

An outbreak of human metapneumovirus in China has raised concerns of another widespread respiratory illness. HMPV has likely been around for centuries, and it has likely infected most people once in their lifetime.

A four year ban on Australian lobster imports to China has officially ended. The importation ban dates to November 2020, when the Chinese Ministry of Commerce imposed a ban on lobster from Australia following then-Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s suggestion that Chinese links to the origin of Covid-19 deserved study.

Chinese national football team players gather in a circle to cheer each other on before their World Cup qualifier against Japan on November 19, 2024 in Xiamen, Fujian Province. Photo: VCG