ABC | Some differences between China and Australia simply cannot be erasedIt has been a very, very long time between drinks. Today, Anthony Albanese and Chinese President Xi Jinping will sit down for a meeting that has already been relentlessly dissected and analysed, well before it actually becomes reality. The talks will generate plenty of headlines, and for good reason: while Scott Morrison had brief discussions with Xi Jinping in 2018 and 2019, the last Australian prime minister to hold a full formal meeting with China`s President was Malcolm Turnbull, way back in 2016.
Australia’s path forward towards 50 more years of relations with China“We will cooperate where we can: (and) disagree where we must act in the national interest”. A carefully worded quote from Anthony Albanese as he came out of his “warm and constructive” meeting with China’s President Xi.
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Marles pushes ‘China threat’, advocates ability to attack Chinese territoryDefence minister Richard Marles has a dangerous habit of relying on unfounded assertions to decide that Australia must not only increase military spending on a vast scale but have the ability to attack China from close to its homeland.
Brian Toohey critiques the approach taken by Richard Marles, who essentially repeats the US narratives regarding China and, in doing so, places Australia in a position where it may, once again, follow the US into a conflict.
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