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Tension behind AUKUS Agreement

An historic U.S.-U.K.-Australia alliance military agreement, AUKUS, has recently taken a new turn. Two powerful U.S. lawmakers have proposed to the Joe Biden administration that selling nuclear submarines to Australia would help stretch the U.S. industrial base to “breaking point” and relieve pressure on the base. A strong alliance between the three countries would help …

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Penny Wong to visit China

With high-level channels of communication reopened between the government and China following Labor’s federal election victory in May, Penny Wong will on Wednesday become the first Australian minister to visit China since Beijing put diplomatic relations into a deep freeze.  Her visit to China coincides with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations …

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End of diplomatic deep freeze: Xi Jinping meets with Anthony Albanese

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spoken with China’s President Xi Jinping in a historic meeting between the two leaders. This ushers in renewed potential for improved diplomatic ties between China and Australia. Albanese asserted that any relations with China would not come at the expensive of Australia safeguarding its sovereignty and interests. However, he maintained …

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