Australia's new Labour govt says China relations to remain challenging

SYDNEY, May 24 ― Australia's relations with China will remain challenging, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said today amid reports the Chinese premier had congratulated the new Labour government on its weekend election victory.

“From an Australian point of view, we understand the complexity of the relationship ... but China is seeking to shape the world around it in ways we have not seen before,” Marles told ABC television.Anthony Albanese, who was sworn in as Australia's 31st prime minister yesterday, said the bilateral relationship would remain “a difficult one” before he left for a Quad summit in Tokyo with US President Joe Biden and the prime ministers of Japan and India.

A Xinhua report said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang yesterday sent a congratulatory message to Albanese over his election win, possibly ending a two-year Chinese diplomatic freeze of Australia.Labour returned to power as a wave of support for the Greens and climate-focussed independents, mostly women, helped unseat the conservative Liberal-National coalition in Saturday's general election.

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