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Australian minister in China after long break in relations

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong, right, talks via video link to Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee in Beijing, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. Australia's foreign minister is in China for talks seeking to mend a long break in high-level ties that have prompted trade sanctions and political frictions. (Sarah Friend/DFAT via AP) Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, seen on a screen, speaks via video link to Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong, inset, in Beijing, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. Australia's foreign minister is in China for talks seeking to mend a long break in high-level ties that have prompted trade sanctions and political frictions. (Sarah Friend/DFAT via AP) Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong, right, talks via video link to Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee in Beijing, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. Australia's foreign minister is in China for talks seeking to mend a long break in high-level ties that have prompted trade sanctions and political frictions. (Sarah Friend/DFAT via AP) Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong, right, walks with Australia's ambassador to China, Graham Fletcher in Beijing, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. Australia's foreign minister is in China for talks seeking to mend a long break in high-level ties that have prompted trade sanctions and political frictions. (Sarah Friend/DFAT via AP) Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong, right, walks with Australia's ambassador to China, Graham Fletcher in Beijing, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. Australia's foreign minister is in China for talks seeking to mend a long break in high-level ties that have prompted trade sanctions and political frictions. (Sarah Friend/DFAT via AP) Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong, right, walks with Australia's ambassador to China, Graham Fletcher in Beijing, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. Australia's foreign minister is in China for talks seeking to mend a long break in high-level ties that have prompted trade sanctions and political frictions. (Sarah Friend/DFAT via AP)