New Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has continued Australia’s tough stance towards Beijing’s economic coercion on local exporters, telling the Chinese regime that they should remove tariffs on export products if they wished to see diplomatic ties restored.
This comes after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Premier Li Keqiang sent a congratulatory letter to the new prime minister, breaking a two-year hiatus on high-level diplomatic communication with Australian leaders.
In the letter, Li said China was willing to work with Australia to review the past and to uphold “the principles of mutual respect, mutual benefit and win-win results,” according to the Australian Financial Review….