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Quad summit tests new Aussie PM’s political wisdom

Shortly after Australia's Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese is sworn in on Monday, the country's new prime minister will head for Japan for a Quad summit where he will "renew" his acquaintance with US President Joe Biden and meet other leaders of the group including the Indian and Japanese prime ministers. 

As the first event of importance after Albanese takes office, his attendance at the Quad summit - Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) comprising the US, Japan, India and Australia aiming at countering China - is expected to be the first test of the political wisdom of the new Australian government, especially on whether it could get rid of the shadow of previous Scott Morrison's anti-China strategy that deeply hurt its own economy and trade, some Chinese experts said. They noted that Australia has little sway in the US-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework given its high dependence on China's economy. 

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