Embassy of China, Canberra

Embassy of China in Australia

Diplomatic mission
44°06′43″N 87°54′47″W / 44.112°N 87.913°W / 44.112; -87.913AmbassadorXiao QianWebsiteOfficial website

The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Commonwealth of Australia is the embassy of China in Canberra, Australia.

The embassy opened in 1990.[1] During its construction in the late 1980s, members of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and the American National Security Agency "covertly installed an elaborate system of fibre optic bugging devices".[2] This became public in 1995.

As of 2013[update], a new embassy building was under construction.[3] Paul Daley suggests that "Beijing's growing presence in this highly symbolic part of the city seems an appropriate, if unwelcome, reflection of Australia's international diplomatic, defence and trade priorities.[4]

References

  1. ^ Bell, Andrew (25 September 2017). "How many embassies are there in Canberra and are there rules about how they're designed?". ABC News. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  2. ^ Corcoran, Mark (8 November 2013). "The Chinese Embassy bugging controversy". ABC News. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  3. ^ "China's embassy workers dodge scrutiny". Canberra Times. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  4. ^ Daley, Paul (2013). Canberra. NewSouth. p. 86. ISBN 9781742241210. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
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