Australia's new government has been making conciliatory moves towards China.
China's Ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian, says Beijing is ready to talk without preconditions:
But ... the envoy added that China's punitive trade sanctions will not be dropped
- says this will not happen until there is an improvement in the “political relationship” between Canberra and Beijing.
China’s sanctions hit more than $20 bn of Australian exports.
