Embassy of China, Canberra
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LocationYarralumla, Canberra
Address15 Coronation Drive, Yarralumla ACT 2600, Australia
Coordinates44°06′43″N 87°54′47″W / 44.112°N 87.913°W / 44.112; -87.913
AmbassadorXiao Qian
WebsiteOfficial 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, 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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