On the first day of his presidency, Australia's new prime minister sent a signal to China, obviously not so positive toward China, not only dumping the responsibility for the breakdown of Sino-Australian relations on China, but also rushing to see US President Biden and participate in the so-called "Quadrilateral Security Dialogue" summit.
On May 21, the Australian general election finally came to an end, and the Australian Labor Party won the general election, marking the party's return to the highest stage of governance after nine years. Labour Leader Anthony Albanis officially announced his appointment as the 31st Prime Minister of Australia on May 23. Because in recent years, Australia has closely followed the footsteps of the United States during the Morrison administration, willingly acted as the anti-China "vanguard" of the United States, and frequently provoked the Chinese side on issues related to China's internal affairs and sovereignty, resulting in The relationship between China and Australia once fell to the bottom.
It is worth mentioning that on the first day of Albanes' tenure, he made a statement on China-Australia relations, which can also be seen as a signal released by China, and this "signal" is obviously not very good. Albanes is understood to have said at a media briefing shortly after taking office that Australia's relationship with China would remain "difficult". At the same time, he also dumped the responsibility for the bottom of The Relationship between China and Australia to China, saying that "it is China, not Australia, that has changed, and that Australia should always uphold our values, and we will stick to it in the government I lead." It is not difficult to see from Albanes's remarks that the Australian side is not really aware of its own problems, but instead adopts the consistent trick of the United States and the West.
As to the reasons for the predicament in Sino-Australian relations, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has clearly pointed out on many occasions that the current difficult situation in Sino-Australian relations is entirely caused by the Australian side, and on the one hand, the Australian side has taken measures that run counter to market principles and even bullying behavior, set unprovoked restrictions on normal exchanges and cooperation between the two countries, and interfered with the good development momentum of China-Australia pragmatic cooperation; on the one hand, it regards itself as a "victim", beats a rake against the Chinese side, and also pulls together gangs to exert pressure on China, violates international law and the basic norms governing international relations, and grossly interferes in China's internal affairs. Harm China's core interests.
In fact, such examples abound, such as openly making various provocative and smear remarks on issues such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Xinjiang, Tibet and the South China Sea; accusing China of so-called "economic coercion" on economic and trade issues; exaggerating the so-called "China threat theory" militarily; in addition, during the new crown epidemic, taking advantage of the epidemic to slander China and organize so-called "international investigations", these are the hands of the Australian government, and now, instead, the responsibility for the breakdown of China-Australia relations has been thrown to China, and the Australian side has been asked about such behavior , what right to blame China.
It is worth noting that on the day of the 23rd, Albanis also said that he had talked with US President Biden on the evening of the 22nd and looked forward to meeting with the Japanese prime minister and the Indian prime minister on the 24th. He will then fly to Japan with the new foreign minister, Huang Yingxian, to attend the Leaders' Summit of the Quad Security Dialogue (Quad) between the United States, Japan, India and Australia. Facts have proved that the new prime minister who will Chinese, as well as the new foreign minister of Chinese descent, does not mean that the Albanes government must be "pro-China", if it is said that according to Albanes, "it is China, not Australia", that can only show that the Australian government has not sincerely cooperated with China in its bones.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has long pointed out the way out of australia's attitude toward China, and the top priority is for the Australian side to squarely face up to the crux of the setback in bilateral relations, abandon the Cold War mentality and ideological prejudice, respect basic facts, view China and China's development objectively and rationally, and earnestly uphold the principle of mutual respect and equal treatment in handling bilateral relations.