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Comrade ambassador : Whitlam's Beijing envoy
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Comrade ambassador : Whitlam's Beijing envoy

by Stephen Fitzgerald

This book explores Australia's diplomatic pivot toward China and its transition from the White Australia Policy. Drawing on the perspective of the country's first ambassador to Beijing, it analyses the challenges of Australia's ongoing engagement with its Asian neighbours.

Accession 30869 ISBN 9780522868685 Publisher Melbourne University Press
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