This week a Chinese woman was charged with foreign interference, accused of spying on Buddhists in Canberra. 

Separately, the boss of Australia’s spy agency has warned that other nations are spying in Australia at unprecedented levels, with unprecedented sophistication. 

Today, ABC foreign affairs reporter Stephen Dziedzic on the allegations against the woman in Canberra, how it affects the China-Australia relationship and the growing cost of espionage. 

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Stephen Dziedzic, ABC foreign affairs reporter