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...seen. A keen interest in foreign affairs - sparked at age 14 when then-PM Gough Whitlam became the first Western leader to visit Beijing - suggests he'll keep a tight grip on that portfolio, too. Having copied most of his predecessor's policies, Rudd is likely to build on Howard's foreign policy as well, making changes of inflection rather than direction. "It's not going to turn on a dime," says Michael Fullilove, of Sydney's Lowy Institute for International Policy. "But over time, the tone and feel and some of the priorities of Australian foreign policy will change...
...that if opposition leader Kevin Rudd was in a good mood, you could get him to say a few words in Chinese. But at a lunch in Sydney in September, he went way beyond party tricks. Welcoming Chinese President Hu Jintao, Rudd broke into fluent Mandarin. Prime Minister John Howard and Hu had just witnessed a $35 billion contract for Australia to supply natural gas to China. But it wasn't the historic deal that set news wires abuzz - it was the image of Rudd upstaging Howard and impressing his guest. Next day, Hu invited the Labor Party leader...
...intend to be globally diplomatically active" on climate change. "We are sure that his attendance will have a symbolic meaning for the conference," said Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, "and also change the political dynamic." It will need to: on Kyoto II, Rudd is a late convert to the Howard position. That means no ratification unless China and India, currently exempted, submit to carbon-emissions controls...
...banner was trying to lead a chant: "Howard forever, Kevin never," oblivious to the giant screen behind him, which now read LABOR WINS. Dennis Baker, a law professor down from Queensland, nodded sadly at the message and said, "We are part of a day in history - a sorry, sorry...
...hour later he was still circling the room, smiling and chatting. A Sydney businessman, Order of Australia button in his lapel, watched admiringly. "He was the real thing," he said, raising his glass in Howard's direction. "I'll miss him. Australia will miss...