China's new ambassador-designate to Australia has barely got his feet under the handsome desk in his embassy office, but he has already generated plenty of chatter.

China has sent an American-educated “Asia enforcer” to be its new ambassador to Australia, in what diplomatic sources said could signal an aggressive shift in Chinese President Xi…

China’s new ambassador has arrived in Australia with a warning for Canberra as strategic tensions threaten to complicate the warning ties.