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Keating complicated Wong’s job on China. Then came Trump and Rudd
As she negotiated a visit by Chin’as top diplomat, Foreign Minister Penny Wong also had to pick her way through critical comments from Paul Keating and from Donald Trump on Australia’s US ambassador Kevin Rudd.
Jennifer HewettColumnistPenny Wong’s diplomatic tightrope as foreign minister keeps fraying – thanks in part to a lack of diplomacy from former politicians.
Paul Keating’s virulent critiques of Australia’s approach to China and Wong’s approach in particular were already awkward enough for her to balance.
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