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Former detainees urge 'creative' approach to hostages

A group of Australians detained by authoritarian regimes have urged liberal democracies to work together and become more creative in managing hostage diplomacy.

AAP

For foreign firms in Hong Kong, national security plans bring fresh chill

Plans to implement Article 23 have raised fears of a further slide in freedoms in the financial hub.

Al Jazeera

Australia Trade Minister Seeks China's Support Amid Trade Barriers

In an effort to address trade barriers, Australia's trade minister plans to engage with China and question the recent sentencing of Australian journalist, ...

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'A wonderful day': freed journalist thanks PM

Recently freed journalist Cheng Lei has thanked the prime minister for his government's efforts after she spent nearly three years imprisoned in China.

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More can be done for Australian jailed in China: friend

Dr Yang Hengjun has spent years detained in China, but with Beijing offering no signals of a potential release, the government must do more, an advocate says.

AAP

China lodges protests at Australia’s response to Taiwan’s presidential election

Ambassador says there is ‘no room at all’ for compromise on ‘sensitive’ issue, and offers gloomy assessment on prospects for release of writer Dr Yang Hengjun

The Guardian - AU

Son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai lobbies UK foreign secretary for his release

The son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai will meet with Britain’s foreign secretary on Tuesday to lobby for the U.K.'s help in securing his release from prison

The Independent UK

Australia’s Albanese heads to China touting ‘consistent, steady’ engagement

Labor leader is first Australian prime minister to visit since 2016 after a turbulent period in bilateral ties.

Al Jazeera

A new chapter: how China sees Albanese’s ‘ice-breaking’ state visit

Chinese state media have previously viewed Australia’s actions as blindly following the US. Does a resumption of dialogue signal a change?

The Guardian - AU

The PM is heading to China and the relationship with Beijing has thawed. But will trade ever return to normal?

Economic ties are expected to feature heavily during the first visit by an Australian PM since 2016, amid a gradual easing of export restrictions

The Guardian - AU

Albanese to raise human rights and trade with Xi in first China visit by Australian PM since 2016

Ahead of trip signalling emergence from diplomatic deep freeze, Albanese also calls on Beijing to again allow Australian journalists to report from mainland

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Australian prime minister to raise imprisoned democracy blogger during China visit

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will raise the plight of a detained Australian democracy blogger with Chinese leaders during his visit to China

The Independent UK

Family of Australian blogger jailed in China pleads for urgent release: ‘I’m sick, I’m weak, I’m dying’

Australian prime minister says he will raise plight of detained writer with Chinese leaders during his landmark visit

The Guardian - AU

Yang Hengjun’s family urges Albanese to negotiate with China for jailed Australian writer’s release

Democracy activist ‘hasn’t enjoyed any direct sunlight for over four years’ and his children fear their father risks being left to die in a Chinese prison

The Guardian - AU

Julian Assange’s brother urges Anthony Albanese to ‘up the ante’ over WikiLeaks founder’s case

Prime minister pushed back on idea of US president personally stepping in, but Gabriel Shipton calls prosecution ‘entirely political’

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The Independent UK

Australian journalist says she was detained for 3 years in China for breaking an embargo

Australian journalist Cheng Lei says she spent more than three years in detention in China for breaking an embargo with a television broadcast

The Guardian - AU

Dutton accuses Albanese of misrepresenting Yunupingu comments – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

‘Like being buried alive’: Australian journalist Cheng Lei on life in a Chinese prison

TV reporter reveals she was arrested for breaking an embargo by a few minutes, and talks about how she survived months in solitary confinement

AAP

The reason behind Cheng Lei's arrest revealed

In her first interview since returning home, journalist Cheng Lei has revealed she was arrested and jailed for three years in Beijing for breaking an embargo.

The Guardian - AU

Cheng Lei: Australia’s foreign minister reveals the promise she made to jailed journalist’s children

The day after Cheng arrived back in Australia after three years’ detention in China, Penny Wong says she had vowed to ‘do everything I could to bring her home’

AAP

Emotions run high as Australian mother freed from China

After years of working for Cheng Lei's release from a Chinese prison, the foreign minister has detailed the journalist's emotional return to Australia.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Albanese’s vow to Jewish community, Gaza power failure, Cheng Lei’s joyous homecoming

The prime minister says ‘hateful prejudice’ has no place in Australia, and committed to keep Australian Jews safe

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