Opinion | Australia should not sabotage its own efforts to boost ties with China
Albanese’s meetings in China suggest the bilateral relationship is stabilising but that there is little desire for significant policy advances
Chinese media outlets were keen to accentuate the positives of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s visit to China. However, sections of the Australian media played up the idea that China was attempting to drive a wedge between Australia and the United States and members of the Australian opposition criticised the visit, calling some of Albanese’s stops “indulgent”.
The visit achieved much in some areas, but otherwise made little progress.
But if Albanese was trying to convince Chinese investors that Australia is a reliable place to invest in, he sabotaged himself. This is best summed up by the Australian Financial Review headline “PM stares down China retaliation threat over Darwin Port sale”.