Both sides have been cautious in the run-up to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s trip to Beijing, avoiding terms like “reset” in favor of “stabilization.”
If Australia was and will be a bellwether for relations with China, as many Western powers believe, regular trade and dialogue rather than the enthusiasm for future opportunities that defined the early years of China’s economic rise may be as good as it gets
China and the United States showed how global summits are an arena for great powers to compete, with implications for the war in Ukraine and Asia’s future.