Australia, China 'not foes', China's ambassador says

Chinese ambassador Xiao Qian says Australia and China are 'not foes'. Martin Ollman / NewsWire Chinese ambassador Xiao Qian says Australia and China are 'not foes'. Martin Ollman / NewsWire Credit: News Corp Australia Xi Jinping's envoy in Canberra says China and Australia are "not foes", despite being embroiled in a regional rivalry and Beijing rapidly building up conventional and nuclear military capabilities. Anthony Albanese has been facing domestic and international calls to boost the defence budget, with the US warning of a potentially "imminent" threat from China in the Indo Pacific. But the Prime Minister has resisted, making Australia…