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Before heading for a Quad summit in Japan with US President Joe Biden and leaders of Japan and India, Australia’s new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese indicated the country’s relationship with China will remain “tough.”
“China has changed, not Australia,” Albanese said during his first press conference as the country’s 31st prime minister. “Australia must always stand up for its ideals, and the government I lead will do so.”
Australia’s relations with China, its major trading partner, are at an all-time low after they clashed over a variety of issues, including trade, the origins of the coronavirus, and Australian suspicions of foreign influence.
