Wang Yi says relations with Australia cannot be resolved while on ’autopilot, as he returns home from a diplomatic blitz in the Pacific without a region-wide security deal as hoped.
China’s ambitions in the Pacific will also remain a key point of tension in relations even after Mr Wang failed to secure a region-wide security and economic pact during meetings with 10 Pacific Island leaders on his trip.
Several nations complained Mr Wang had tried to rail-road a deal through, and that they had no interest in signing a security deal like the one Beijing secured with the Solomon Islands last month.“We don’t feel threatened by anyone; we have the best possible relationship with the United States, with Indonesia, with Australia and New Zealand and Singapore.
China last week failed to get the majority of Pacific Island nations to approve its proposed region-wide security deal. Instead, it released
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