Penny Wong, Australian Foreign Affairs Minister, met with Wang Yi, Director of the Chinese Communist Party Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, on July 13 and raised her concerns over various issues, including trade impediments, consular cases, human rights, and Hong Kong.
During the meeting, which took place on the margins of ASEAN-related meetings in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wong called for faster action on China’s unfair trade sanctions against Australia while raising her deep concerns over Hong Kong’s pursuit of overseas pro-democracy activists, including two currently residing in Australia.
At the ASEAN Foreign Minister’s meeting in Jakarta, Wong also pushed for more trade activities between the two countries….