When one of China’s most senior figures came to Australia this week, it was one unofficial meeting that really stuck out.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi was very keen to meet former prime minister Paul Keating. It’s a move that would have frustrated Australian officials.
Today, foreign affairs reporter Stephen Dziedzic on what China’s playing at.
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