The Chinese balloon incident highlights the fragility of Australia’s ties with Beijing even when business is booming.
| High hopes for an Australia-China reset have been tempered just weeks after Xi Jinping extended an olive branch to both Canberra and Washington.over the United States highlights just how fragile the peace being brokered between the world’s two greatest powers is.
If US-China relations head downhill again, it will be difficult for Australia to avoid being caught up in the fallout. No matter how keen Beijing is to mend ties with the Albanese government, it still views Australia as the United States’ “deputy sheriff” in the region.
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