Security expert: Restoring Australia’s friendly relations with China complicated

The new government in Canberra and China’s brand new ambassador to Australia may signal hope for improving the strained Australia-China relationship. But according to one expert, there is a long way to go to reset the complex and frosty bilateral relations between both nations.

Beijing’s latest military exercises on Taiwan’s doorstep, trade disputes being played out at the WTO, its stance on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the political imprisonment of Australian citizens like TV journalist Cheng Lei are just some of the headlining issues that have plagued a deteriorating Australia-China relationship for several years.