China-Australia relations: Beijing’s new envoy to Canberra Xiao Qian is tough, but no ‘wolf warrior’. Will he make a difference?

China’s new ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian may have extended an olive branch by expressing a willingness to repair strained relations between his country and Australia, but the jury is out on whether his appointment will be enough to turn things around.While some analysts saw Xiao’s appointment as a tactical, though subtle, shift away from China’s “wolf warrior” diplomacy of recent times, others cautioned that big differences between Beijing and Canberra remained.Xiao, who arrived in…