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The discovery of a 245-million-year-old fossil of a pregnant marine reptile provides the first evidence that an ancestor of modern-day birds and crocodiles gave birth to live young.
Topics: science-and-technology, fossils, dinosaurs, china
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The dining experience might be Italian, but an Adelaide restaurant hopes translating its menu into Chinese will entice more foreign tourists to dine there.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, adelaide-5000, sa, china
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| UpdatedThe UN Security Council condemns North Korea's ballistic missile launch and warns of "further significant measures" if Pyongyang does not stop nuclear and missile testing.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, nuclear-issues, world-politics, united-states, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, korea-republic-of, japan, china, asia
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| UpdatedA big wool processing firm in Adelaide is shutting down at times because spot power prices hit $13,000, compared with $10 at times of low demand.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, industry, electricity-energy-and-utilities, rural, salisbury-5108, sa, china, adelaide-5000
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With the Chinese Government lending the PNG Government hundreds of millions of dollars for major infrastructure projects, Australia's defence and diplomatic community express unease about China's growing influence on the country.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, papua-new-guinea, china, australia
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China sustains its position as Australia's top wine export market, with the value of the market growing by 40 per cent in 2016, according to annual figures released by Wine Australia.
Topics: agribusiness, trade, china, australia
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Two very different rock acts from China are on their way to Australia; one is the voice of a disempowered generation, while the other is pushing musical boundaries.
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump agrees to honour the longstanding "One China" policy during a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, taking steps to improve ties after angering Beijing by talking to the leader of Taiwan.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, us-elections, donald-trump, world-politics, united-states, china, taiwan
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China's trade performance rebounds strongly, with an unexpected bounce in both imports and exports.
Topics: trade, economic-trends, china
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Perth Mint's casting of its year of the rooster commemorative coins has seen massive collector interest worldwide.
Topics: mining-rural, community-and-society, silver, currency, gold, mining-industry, perth-6000, china
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For the first three weeks of the Trump presidency, the lack of a phone call between the new American leader and his Chinese counterpart appeared to confirm the worst.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, business-economics-and-finance, china, united-states
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Drunk man sets fireworks shop on fire in China.
Topics: accidents, law-crime-and-justice, accidents, accidents---other, china
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A drunk man in China gets more than he bargained for when he stumbles into a fireworks shop and causes the whole store to go up in flames, with the whole incident recorded by surveillance cameras.
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| UpdatedThree points in the Indian Ocean account for 80 per cent of the world's seaborne oil trade and there are increasing concerns about potential militarisation in the area.
Topics: trade, oil-and-gas, asia, china
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump sends Chinese President Xi Jinping a letter saying he looks forward to working with him, although they have not spoken directly since Mr Trump took office.
Topics: foreign-affairs, world-politics, united-states, china
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| UpdatedChina's Government is proposing a ban on children under 18 playing video games between midnight and 8:00am.
Topics: games-industry, games---other, games, arts-and-entertainment, china
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| UpdatedRising star Brandon Borrello steals Carlos Tevez's spotlight by helping Brisbane Roar book a spot in the AFC Champions League's group stage with a stunning 2-0 victory over Shanghai Shenhua in China.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, china, brisbane-4000
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Topics: fruit, food-and-beverage, food-and-cooking, vegetable-fruit-nuts, darwin-0800, china
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A Northern Territory tropical fruit farmer says demand has been strong for pomelos during the Lunar New Year.
Topics: fruit, food-and-beverage, food-and-cooking, vegetable-fruit-nuts, darwin-0800, china
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A restaurant was a chance for Chinese migrant Zhongcui Fan to improve his family's future in Australia but the constant search for a chef has left him struggling to stay open.
Topics: immigration, community-and-society, work, food-and-cooking, regional-development, regional, berri-5343, renmark-5341, adelaide-5000, china
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| UpdatedWestern Australia could go from one lithium mine to seven over the next 18 months, opening up hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue.
Topics: mining-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, consumer-electronics, electronics, kalgoorlie-6430, boulder-6432, port-hedland-6721, southern-cross-6426, greenbushes-6254, ravensthorpe-6346, china
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China's battle to fight a rapid slide in its currency is taking its toll, with its foreign currency reserves falling below $US3 trillion dollars for the first since 2011.
Topics: economic-trends, china
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There "cannot be conflict" between China and the US over the South China Sea, China's Foreign Minister warns during a press conference with his Australian counterpart Julie Bishop.
Topics: foreign-affairs, territorial-disputes, world-politics, government-and-politics, defence-and-national-security, bishop-julie, australia, china, united-states, asia
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| UpdatedHot on the heels of their Kidman cattle empire purchase, Gina Rinehart and her Chinese business partner are forging new beef pathways into China launching a wagyu beef brand.
Topics: beef-cattle, livestock, rural, business-economics-and-finance, warwick-4370, qld, australia, china
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| UpdatedAnalysts fear the scrapping of the Trans-Pacific Partnership is just the first shot in a trade war before US President Donald Trump takes direct aim at Australia's major trading partner, China.
Topics: trade, globalisation---economy, united-states, australia, china