News Encyclopedia: 45 years of Australia-China relations - and challenges

The Sydney Opera House is illuminated in red as the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations begin in Sydney, Australia on January 27, 2017. Source: AAP
45 years ago, Australia became one of the first countries to establish diplomatic ties with China as it emerged from a long period of isolation. Last weeks anniversary of that moment comes at one of the lowest points in what has been an economically fruitful, but at times rocky, relationship. Winmas Yu explains in this episode of News Encyclopedia.
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