Silk roads and chilled beef - how China is trying to fill a Trump vacuum in Australia


  • World
  • Wednesday, 29 Mar 2017

FILE PHOTO: Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (R) stands with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during an official signing ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia March 24, 2017. REUTERS/David Gray/File photo

SYDNEY (Reuters) - It was almost a major faux pas in sports-mad Australia - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived at an Australian Rules football match in Sydney wearing the blue, black and white scarf of interstate rival Port Adelaide Power.

But Li quickly donned a red and white scarf of the hometown Sydney Swans to match that of his host, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

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