China-Australia relationship under microscope

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Updated August 14, 2009 20:52:20

In 2007, Australia's newly-elected Prime Minister Kevin Rudd welcomed his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, to the APEC summit with a speech in Mandarin.
Ever since then... it was hoped Australia's relationship with China would only blossom. However, a film festival's decision to screen a controversial film detailing the plight of a Uighur leader, and the arrest of mining executives on allegations of spying have recently placed the two nations' relationship under the microscope. Matt Conway speaks to Professor Minyue Hou the Deputy Director at the Australian Studies Centre at East China Normal University in Shanghai about the relationship.

Presenter: Matt Conway
Speaker: Professor Minyue Hou is the Deputy Director at the Australian Studies Centre at East China Normal University in Shanghai

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