Almost overnight, Australia is back in Beijing’s favour after years in the deep freeze, but what actions follow, if any, will be key.
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Tokyo | The image of Xi Jinping shaking hands with an Australian prime minister would have been unthinkable just months, if not weeks, ago.
But overnight, Australia has transformed from Beijing’s punching bag to being “cherished”, and at the “forefront of China’s relations with developed countries”.
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Original URL: https://www.afr.com/world/asia/china-s-schizophrenic-friendship-with-cherished-australia-20221115-p5bylx
