Kevin Rudd once upbraided then-Prime Minister Turnbull for his lack of ‘diplomatic sensibility’ to China. Last year he blasted Morrison for being ‘hairy-chested’ during Xi Jinping’s shadow trade war against Australia. Similarly, New Zealand’s trade minister Damien O’Connor lately advised Canberra to ‘show respect’ and act with ‘a little more diplomacy’ towards Beijing.
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