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Australia’s odd couple must repair frayed ties with Beijing
Two very different South Australian politicians take charge of relations with China, thawing but still very fraught.
Andrew ClarkSenior writerChina harasses Australian Navy ships and air force planes, former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is assassinated, mass shootings in the US, Russia’s brutal Ukraine carve-up, drowning Sydney suburbs, COVID-19’s local comeback, Boris Johnson defenestrated, northern hemisphere heatwaves, soaring inflation and grim recession warnings.
Welcome to our July 2022 world. Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles reportedly says it’s “the most-dangerous period I’ve lived through”. Others reach back to World War II for comparisons.
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