Matthew Ng

Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr said Saturday the controversial deployment of US Marines in his country had not provoked a strong response from Beijing.

The wife of an Australian businessman jailed in China for 13 years revealed Wednesday she has cancer and fears she will die before he is released.

A Chinese court jailed an Australian businessman for 13 years on bribery and embezzlement charges on Tuesday, the foreign ministry in Canberra said, in a case that has drawn top level government interest.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said she raised a range of human rights concerns in talks Tuesday with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, who denied China had taken a "backward step".

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said she raised a range of human rights concerns in talks Tuesday with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, who denied China had taken a "backward step".

A senior Chinese official on Monday said honouring jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo with the Nobel Peace Prize had been "ludicrous", as Australia reiterated its calls for the laureate's release.

The Australian boss of a travel company based in southern China has been charged with embezzlement, foreign ministry officials in Canberra said Thursday, stressing their "strong interest" in his case.

Australia says travel services CEO charged with embezzlement in China, gov't monitoring case. An Australian businessman detained last month in southern China has been charged with embezzlement, Australia's government confirmed Thursday.

The Australian boss of a travel company based in southern China has been charged with embezzlement, foreign ministry officials in Canberra said Thursday, stressing their "strong interest" in his case.

Australia says it 'closely monitoring' case of businessman detained in probe in south China. The Australian government says it is closely monitoring the handling of a case involving an Australian entrepreneur detained by police in south China on suspicion of embezzlement.