China-Australia relations reach ‘good enough’ baseline, ex-envoy says

After years of strain, China-Australia ties have reached a “good enough” baseline for Canberra, though still short of Beijing’s broader ambitions, according to a former top Australian diplomat.
The relationship had taken a significant downturn since 2017, but was now on “a more realistic footing”, Graham Fletcher, a non-resident fellow at the Lowy Institute, a Sydney-based think tank, wrote in a report released on Sunday.
Fletcher served as Australia’s ambassador to China from 2019 to 2023.
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