Footsteps
Harry Bruce
16 July 2025
Labor Opposition Leader Gough Whitlam’s historic first trip to China in 1971 opened diplomatic relations between China and Australia, at a time when the Cold War was threatening global stability. Prime Minister Albanese made his own China trip in July, following in Whitlam’s sizeable footsteps.
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