According to the statement, "Building on the recent constructive meeting between Prime Minister Albanese and President Xi in Bali on the sidelines of the G20 Summit, tomorrow Foreign Minister Penny Wong will travel to Beijing at the invitation of the People's Republic of China to meet China'
By refusing to bend to China's "belligerence and economic coercion," Australia has earned China's respect or Beijing's acknowledgement that its tactics will not work.
After Maldives, Australia on Sunday clarified that it did not participate in the "China-Indian Ocean Forum on Development Cooperation" held on November 21.
Australia is an important strategic partner of India and both democracies are part of the four-nation QUAD, Trilateral Supply Chain Initiative and the Indo-Pacific Economic Forum (IPEF), according to a Commerce Ministry statement.
Indian team which is captained by Unnati Hooda and Anupama Upadhyay, is the fifth-seeded team and has been placed in Group B with Slovenia, Australia, China, and Iceland. 38 teams have been divided into eight groups for the competition.
Vienna [Austria], September 21 (ANI): China raised concern over AUKUS (Australia, US and UK) countries over their plans to to supply Australia with nuclear-powered submarines at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna.
Beijing [China], August 15 (ANI): As new mines are slated to start in Australia and various other regions, China's dominance of rare-earth metals is likely to fade away as the prices are witnessing a slump due to the slowdown in Chinese auto production in the first half of the year.
Canberra [Australia], July 15 (ANI): Chinese state media outlet Global Times urged Australia to drop all criticism of Uyghur genocide in exchange for lifting trade sanctions.
Tokyo [Japan], April 13 (ANI): With the increasing tensions between Beijing and the Joe Biden administration in Washington and PM Scott Morrison's government in Canberra, China is utilizing its monopoly of rare earth trade as a weapon against its competitors.
Washington [US], March 13 (ANI): Australia's already strained ties with China have further hit a new low during the recent past over a slew of incidents, with Canberra taking measures to boost its national defence, experts in the Asia Pacific said.
Seoul [South Korea], February 21 (ANI): Australia on Monday demanded from China to investigate the use of the laser to "illuminate" an Australian Air Force jet.