Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has played down a visit to Taiwan by a bipartisan delegation of Australian politicians, amid concern the trip will anger China.
Alex Ellinghausen
China regards Taiwan as a renegade province and any attempt at diplomatic engagement with the island usually infuriates Beijing. A trip in August by US Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, resulted inThe trip by the Australian MPs is not expected to be put in the same class as Pelosi’s visit given that she was second in line to the presidency under the American system.
While Australian officials engage with the Taiwan government at an informal level, Canberra has repeatedly baulked at coming to formal agreements with Taipei
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