Foreign policy experts say a diplomatic thaw with Beijing should not be the end goal of U.S. and Australian leaders, instead, the focus should be on compelling the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to uphold human rights and international rules around trade.
John Lee, the former senior advisor to Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, said recent meetings between U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and Chinese leader Xi Jinping were only steps towards resuming regular diplomatic communication and any major change to bilateral ties was unlikely.
“Any verbal agreement with Xi should not be relied on or taken seriously given the Chinese leader’s long record of saying one thing and doing something else,” he told The Epoch Times in an email….