It is time for Anthony Albanese to begin to understand what it is we are balancing with China, and what a challenge that is going to be. That the prime minister has mostly, but not entirely, clarified his position on visiting China this year is therefore welcome. But his language around going still has the whiff of hedging.
A Ferrari brings some glitz to the bund in Shanghai. Getty
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Geoff Raby was Australia’s ambassador to China, 2007-2011. His book Great Game On: the contest for Central Asia and Global Supremacy will be published in November by Melbourne University Press.
