SYDNEY (AFP): Australia will see a 'step change' in engagement with Asia and a more 'considered' policy toward China if Labor wins the next election, the party's would-be foreign minister vowed Wednesday (May 1).
SYDNEY : Australia will see a"step change" in engagement with Asia and a more"considered" policy toward China if Labor wins the next election, the party's would-be foreign minister vowed Wednesday .
"We don't pre-emptively frame China only as a threat," she said, drawing contrast with Prime Minister Scott Morrison's administration. That balance has become more fraught as Xi Jinping has consolidated power and looked to exercise China's regional clout to take advantage of waning US influence.Wong acknowledged that the relationship with China"may become harder to manage in the future."
"It is not simply a matter of a 'diplomatic reset.' Fundamentally, we are in a new phase in the relationship." Donald Trump's accent to the US presidency and his limited interest in international rules, norms and decades-old alliances has only complicated matters further for Canberra, traditionally one of Washington's closest allies.
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