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Chinese Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian speaks at a national conference of the Australia China Friendship Society in Perth C hina’s ambassador to Australia says relations between the two countries are at a “new juncture” with the election of a new Australian government and the first minister-to-minister talks in more than two years. Ambassador Xiao Qian gave an upbeat assessment of the potential for the bilateral relationship in a weekend speech to the Australia-China Friendship Society in the west coast city of Perth. The speech was published yesterday on the embassy’s website. “The international, political and economic landscape is undergoing...