Chinese Premier Lands In Australia On First Such Visit In 7 Years

[NuclearID]

Chinese Premier Lands In Australia On First Such Visit In 7 Years:

MELBOURNE, Australia — Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrived in Australia on Saturday on a relations-mending mission with panda diplomacy, rock lobsters and China’s global dominance in the critical minerals sector high on the agenda.

His visit is the first by a Chinese premier in seven years and is expected to pave the way for President Xi Jinping’s first journey to Australia since 2014.

Bilateral relations collapsed during Australia’s previous conservative administration’s almost decade in power, with Beijing imposing a series of official and unofficial trade barriers in 2020 on Australian products which cost exporters billions of dollars.

This is the second stop of Li’s tour after New Zealand, and will end in Malaysia.

Before leaving New Zealand, the premier told an audience in the city of Auckland on Saturday that his country was committed to creating a first-class business environment and supporting foreign enterprises to develop in China, according to Chinese state media.

Li said there was vast potential for China and New Zealand to collaborate in areas such as green development and that Beijing welcomed New Zealand enterprises, such as dairy company Fonterra, that seized such opportunities, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and South Australia Premier Peter Malinauskas greeted Li on the Adelaide Airport tarmac.

Li will also visit a Chinese-controlled lithium processing plant in the Kwinana Beach industrial estate in Western Australia state, as well as Australia’s Parliament House in the national capital Canberra.

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[Dr Arthur]

As a rural Australian citizen I can say honestly that we all consider this to be a PR exercise with no real substance so am highly cynical both about CCP and Australian government policy both of which have harmed rural Australia.

 

[DEFCON Warning System]

Australia would be insane to start trusting China.

 

[Dr Arthur]

Australia would be insane to start trusting China.

The trouble is the labor government actually has a form of socialist communism at it's heart which is why it is cosying up to the CCP with a lot of Australians not trusting or believing the government either. A lot of Australians have long memories and do not trust the CCP at all. There is already trade and economic backlash at the supermarket level with people choosing to go without rather than buy a chinese made product.

 

[DEFCON Warning System]

The trouble is the labor government actually has a form of socialist communism

The problem with some people is that their political ideology leads them to a betray of their own country.

 

[Irag8er]

The problem with some people is that their political ideology leads them to a betray of their own country.

Their Ideology IS their country.
They are steadfast in their loyalty to IT.