One of the best deals to Beijing I've ever seen. First flight is booked from SYD-PVG (Shanghai) on Qantas, the rest are on China Eastern. If you play around with the dates you can get Qantas both ways, some are even direct, price seems to go up to $330 then.
Was looking for other cities (Chansha, Guangzhou, etc), but couldn't seem to find anything else.
https://www.skyscanner.com.au/transport/flights/syd/bjsa/170…
Theres also $360 flights from Melbourne on China Southern.
EDIT: Found $267 return on China Southern!
https://www.skyscanner.com.au/transport/flights/syd/bjsa/170…
+$131.50 for the visa