Pablo Larrazabal is three shots clear at the top of the China Open leaderboard after the second round of the European Tour event.
The Spaniard, who started the day a shot off the lead, fired a six-under 66 on Friday to be 14 under.
South Africa's Dylan Frittelli and overnight leader Alexander Levy are tied second at 11 under.
Frittelli jumped 24 spots courtesy of a nine-under 63, matching Frenchman Levy's first-round effort.
Larrazabal, who started the second round one stroke off the lead, offset a lone bogey with five birdies and an eagle on the par-4 11th to finish at 14 under.
Lee Soo-min of South Korea is alone in fourth after a 65 left him four shots off the pace.
Belgian Thomas Detry (66) and George Coetzee of South Africa (69) share fifth spot at eight under, while seven players are a shot further back.
Brett Rumford matched his opening round score of 71 to be the best-placed Australian - in a tie for 45th - at two under. Matthew Guyatt (71) and Jason Norris (73) are at one under to sneak in to the weekend at one under.
Another 10 Australians failed to make the cut.
A confident LarrazabaI, buoyed by a solid showing last week in , is chasing a fifth European Tour victory.
"It's good to have some confidence coming into the week - I feel like I'm just trying to keep up the same stuff I was working on last week - and so far so good," he told told europeantour.com.
"It's been a great two days of work, I have been playing good and putting awesome so I am looking forward to the weekend.
"It's been a long time since I have been leading a golf tournament and I love it, so hopefully another good 36 holes and we will see what happens."
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