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It is true that by the end of 2021 Beijing had recognised that its campaign of trade disruption was hurting its economy more than it was shifting Canberra’s foreign policy positions. China’s ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian, called it a “noble mission” to work with “the Australian government and friends in all sectors, to push the China-Australia relations back to the right track” a when he took up his post in January last year. Trade Minister Don Farrell says that warming relations and the experience of the barley episode mean that Australians can “be very confident that we can resolve...
