The request from the Chinese cultural attache, opens up a new flank in diplomatic tensions between China and Australia, which have focussed on the detention of Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu.

• 来自中国文化官员的要求，又引发了中国和澳大利亚之间的一个新的外交紧张，在此之前已经有受人关注的力拓负责人胡士泰的拘押事件。