Australia emerges from China’s doghouse
Standing up to Chinese bullying works better than capitulating to it
It was the briefest of get-togethers, but when Xi Jinping met Anthony Albanese at the margins of the g20 gathering in Bali, it marked the first time China’s paramount leader had met an Australian prime minister one-on-one since 2016. It also signalled the drawing of a line under two years of extreme Chinese bullying in which Australia was made the butt of the most punitive trade measures that China has launched against any country. In Bali, Mr Xi at least unlocked the doghouse and left the door open for the abused Aussie mutt.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Lessons from the doghouse”
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