Australia's newly appointed foreign minister Bob Carr (who came to the post after the dramatic resignation of Kevin Rudd) is now in China on his first official trip as FM. Carr has previously been known to describe the Dalai Lama as a "cunning monk" on his personal blog, but he deleted those remarks shortly after being appointed foreign minister. [ more › ]
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