Katkova Evgeniya , Liu Jianqi , Wu Haichao

Australian Prime Minister's Visit to China in 2023: Canberra's Decisions and Roles

ЮГО-ВОСТОЧНАЯ АЗИЯ: АКТУАЛЬНЫЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ РАЗВИТИЯ, 2024, №1(62), 270-283

 
Annotation: The power change in the Asia-Pacific area have a significant impact on China and the United States in 2023, and the fight between superpowers and emerging countries push the Sino-American game into uncharted territory. Is Australia, as a shared partner between China and the United States, to continue to choose the US-Australia alliance to restrict China in the face of such a «dilemma»? Or do Australia prefer the economic gains brought about by China's rise? The role of Australia has become unclear. This paper takes this Australian Prime Minister's visit to China as an entry point to deeply analyse the complexity of the multilateral relationship between China, the United States and Australia, and conducts research through textual analysis and other methods, and finds that behind the Australian Prime Minister's visit to China it is driven by national interests, and also by the influence of the changes in China-United States relations that make Australia take action, and that Australia will potentially serve as a mitigating agent between China and the United States. The research in this paper is more helpful to understand the value of Australia in the Sino-US relationship and the political significance of the Australian Prime Minister's visit to China.

Keywords: China-Australia relations, Prime Minister's visit, U.S.-Australia alliance, Asia-Pacific region, security, trade, normalization of bilateral relations