to the comments by philjust then, relations have normalised and that's what china is looking for.d that, in terms of geopolitics, does it weigh on relations given the fact that australia is a strong ally of the united states but depends on china for trade? how do you reckon going forward that australia manages to balance these out? absolutely. it's a critical issue, it's interesting to note that since the seven years since the last high—profile visit from a chinese leader to australia, china has gone from 16% to 75% of —— 60% to 75% of the value of the us economy, so this marks a huge shift not only in economic weight but power, and it has been what australia has struggled with over the past seven years. and these issues go way beyond the pandemic, essentially they go back to 2016 — 2017, when the us decided to treat china as a strategic competitor, and australia fell in line with that, and that shaped a response to china up until the election of the albanese government. it would always be an issue and challenge because we are balancing a huge economic relationship as phil mention

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