The leaders of Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. are set to reveal details of a plan to supply Australia with nuclear-powered submarines. China isn't happy.
whatever comes is going to be unwelcome in Beijing,” said Michael Fullilove, executive director of the Lowy Institute, a Sydney think tank. “That will impose some limitations on the extent of the Australia-China rapprochement.”Biden has made no secret that he sees China as America’s top competitor. From computer chips to diplomacy in the Pacific, his administration has continued the hawkish stance of the Trump era and sought to push back on Beijing’s growing global influence.
“This is Australia’s foreign policy task for the ages,” said Fullilove. “Trying to guarantee our security by increasing our capabilities by doubling down on our old alliances, and at the same time seeking to cooperate with China when we can.” In early 2020, conservative Prime Minister Scott Morrison prompted outrage from Beijing by calling for an investigation into the origin of the coronavirus pandemic. China hit Australian barley with stiff tariffs, and soon Australian coal, beef, wine and lobsters also faced severe restrictions. Later that year, Beijing issued a list of 14 “grievances” it wanted Australia to address before normal relations could resume.
It demonstrates that “Australia is living in a much more dangerous strategic environment than a decade ago,” he said, likening the development to Sweden and Finland joining NATO in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Albanese’s center-left Labor Party was elected in May on a promise to push ahead with AUKUS, while also avoiding Morrison’s incendiary anti-China language. Albanese and his foreign minister, Penny Wong, have largely succeeded.
“After Albanese took office, he and his team responded to this goodwill,” Chen said. “It takes two to tango.”
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