October 10, 2022
SYDNEY – In July, Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong held a highly anticipated meeting with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi that ended a three-year freeze on high-level talks between the two nations – but the jubilation quickly turned sour.
At first, these talks were widely welcomed as a sign of a turnaround in the torrid ties between Australia and its largest trading partner. Indeed, the encounter went overtime and was Mr Wang’s longest one-on-one meeting on the sidelines of a Group of 20 (G-20) gathering in Bali.