As China’s presence and influence in the Indo-Pacific continues to grow, former prime minister Paul Keating tells Political Editor Riley7News on 7NewsSpotlight the need for Australia to rebuild its relationship with the global power is paramount. 7NEWS
, Keating said Australia needed to rebuild its fragile relationship with China – but highlighted this did not mean “bending over” to demands.
“The biggest state in Asia is China. The biggest demand for the products we produce is China, and we have to return to a structured working relationship with the Chinese.”Keating helped organise the first Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ meeting in 1993 to build stronger relationships in the region.
“We believe it would be in China and Australia’s interests for this relationship to be stabilised,” Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong said this month. “We are willing to engage.”China’s state-controlled media has suggested the new Labor government had presented an opportunity to temper tensions.
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