At the G20, Anthony Albanese showed Justin Trudeau the smarter way of dealing with China’s Xi Jinping


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There are two very different ways to deal with China's President Xi Jinping — the smart way and the not smart way. Recently, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese showed the smart way. Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau showed the other way. Both examples were on display at the G20 meeting in Bali last month. It's instructive to examine both cases given that Australia's relationship with China is going to be important for many decades and we need to carefully manage this tricky but highly-consequential relationship. In Australia, rhetoric about China has reached dangerously emotive and ideological levels. Both supporters and...