Australia and China need to find common ground despite their differences, as the economic relationship between the two is an important one, said John Howard, former Australian prime minister.
Howard did not mention the probe, but emphasized the need for Australia to take a balanced approach to its relationship with China — even as tensions between the U.S. — Canberra's closest ally — and China simmer.
"I see the the bilateral relationship between Australia and China as something that we have to attend to and nurture according to our own particular interests, always remembering, of course, that we are part of a group of Western countries that believe in some fundamental values," Howard added. "It's tremendously important in these difficult times, particularly against the background of the pandemic, to take a balanced approach, to try and find areas of common agreement," said Howard.
"China has been, ever since 1949, an authoritarian country run by the Chinese Communist Party, and that's a fact of life, we have to work within that," he added.
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