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, 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Corcoran, Mark (8 November 2013). "The Chinese Embassy bugging controversy". ABC News. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ "China's embassy workers dodge scrutiny". Canberra Times. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ Daley, Paul (2013). Canberra. NewSouth. p. 86. ISBN 9781742241210. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
| Africa | |
|---|---|
| Americas | |
| Asia | |
| Europe | |
1 No diplomatic relations with Australia, functions as an informal diplomatic mission. | |
Embassies shown as main entry and Consulates-General as sub-entries. | |
| Africa | |
| Americas | |
| Asia | |
| Europe | |
| Oceania | |
| De facto | |
| Former |
|
1 The Cross-Strait Tourism Exchange Association is China's representative office in Taiwan, which functions as an informal diplomatic mission. | |
