Ex-Conservative party leader said Australia were being assailed by the Chinese for calling for an inquiry into the coronavirus pandemic.
In this episode,national editor Tory Maguire and London-based reporter Latika Bourke talk about the former foreign minister's changing tune on China.
China has revealed what’s really at stake in the Trump administration’s escalating assault on its technology companies.
Sponsorships are fundamentally soft-power exercises. Companies don't undertake them out of an overwhelming sense of duty to their communities or a particular sporting club.
Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei has quit its major sponsorship of rugby league club the Canberra Raiders,decrying the"continued negative business environment"towards the company in Australia.
China has sentenced a fourth Canadian citizen to death on drug charges in less than two years following a sharp downturn in ties over the arrest of an executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei.
Britain named NEC Corp and Fujitsu Ltd as potential alternative suppliers to Huawei,according to reports.
Nick Xenophon,a former senator,has resisted calls to register saying he only provides legal advice to the Chinese firm.
The former prime minister said it was not very diplomatic of Donald Trump to claim credit for the switch"but then he's not a very diplomatic guy is he?"
The US has imposed visa restrictions on employees of Huawei amid claims of human rights abuses.
Britain's backdown on using the Chinese company is a salient reminder that values,not economics,are the new organising principle of politics.