SBS Chief Political correspondent Karen Middleton reports on Prime Minister Julia Gillard's six-day visit to China.
APRIL 10 - CHINA AGREEMENT - 'THE BIGGEST DEVELOPMENT IN 40 YEARS'
SBS Chief Political Correspondent Karen Middleton reports on Australia's historic agreement with China which will see three types of annual "strategic dialogue" held between prime ministers, foreign ministers, and economic ministers.
APRIL 9 - WELCOMING CEREMONY
APRIL 9 - FINAL SPEECH TO HIGHLIGHT DIVERSITY OF AUSTRALIA-CHINA RELATIONSHIP
SBS Chief Political Correspondent Karen Middleton comments on the Prime Minister's final speech in Beijing.
APRIL 8 - PM AND OFFICIALS ECSTATIC AT OUTCOMES OF TALKS
Karen Middleton wraps up the day's news on the Prime Minister Gillard's trip to China.
APRIL 8 - GILLARD URGES CLOSER TIES WITH CHINA
Julia Gillard has told a Chinese business forum that economic growth can increase the risk of military conflict and that North Korea's behaviour threatens the whole region. The Prime Minister had her first meeting with the new Chinese president.
APRIL 7 - BLOG: NEVER A DULL MOMENT - THE PRIVILEGE OF TRAVELING FOR WORK
It's always a privilege to travel for work.
It's easy to remember that when you're staying in very nice hotels which you would never otherwise be able to afford.
But you could almost hear all of us in the travelling media chanting a reminder to ourselves in the dark at 4.30 this morning.
We said goodbye to our luggage for two days (we're arriving in Shanghai at midnight tonight and then leaving again for Beijing early tomorrow afternoon so it's carry-on only until Monday night) as we piled onto a Chinese bus in Sanya on the southern tip of Hainan Island, to drive two-and-a half hours north to the site of the conference we are here to cover.
APRIL 5 - BLOG: UNDER CLOSE WATCH AS A JOURNALIST IN CHINA
Whenever we Australian representatives of the Fourth Estate come to China, there are always a few little signs that they're keeping an eye on us.
For starters, it's wise to assume the hotel rooms are bugged and that if we leave electronic equipment lying around, it soon will be too. We're advised to carry our laptops and tablets with us and not leave them unattended.
In some hotels, we are housed in rooms one under the other - presumably because that makes the cabling easier.
APRIL 5 - PRIME MINISTER GILLARD'S TRIP BEGINS
The biggest ever official delegation to China from Australia will begin here, on the island of Hainan.
