Despite successfully lowering the temperature with China, a suggestion Albanese may not accept an invitation to attend the NATO summit in July is worrying.
Injury-prone Australian basketballer Ben Simmons may be a target of scorn for fans from Philadelphia and Brooklyn, the two NBA teams he has played for during a turbulent career. But the former No. 1 draft pick, who was born in Melbourne, got a much warmer reception from the Chinese this week when he donated a basketball court to a town in a rural province.
While coal was by far the biggest by dollar value of the commodities hit by China’s trade sanctions against $20 billion of Australian goods when the bilateral relationship soured, barley was highly symbolic.Barley was the first product to feel China’s wrath, with tariffs imposed on May 18, 2020, one day short of a month since then-foreign minister Marise Payne declared the Morrison government’s push to set up an international inquiry into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Sydney Morning HeraldIt would be a mistake for Albanese not to go, for a myriad of reasons. First, it would go against the deliberate foreign policy thrust Australia has embraced in recent years to build a web or network of alliances and partnerships. Any excuse to sit around the same table as the US, UK, France and Germany should not be sneezed at. NATO also offers the opportunity to get to know the leaders of Eastern and Central Europe.
Emmanuel Macron’s comments this week about not being a US vassal following his visit to China have been subject of much debate. Some analysts argue the way they have been interpreted has been a literal case of lost in translation.Nevertheless, it has created a perception at least that France, and by extension perhaps Europe, is wobbly over China and Taiwan. Macron appeared to dismiss the fate of Taiwan as none of Europe’s business.
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