China announced on Friday that Foreign Minister Wang Yi would visit Australia next week, raising the prospect of stronger bilateral ties as US President Donald Trump unsettles the global diplomatic landscape. Wang would travel to Australia and New Zealand from Tuesday to next Friday, foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said during a press briefing. It will be Wang’s first foreign visit following Lunar New Year, and Lu called the trip “a full demonstration of the importance China attaches” to relations with Australia.
