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Australia provokes China anger over scrapped deals
- belval 6y agoMyself coming from a country that constantly "angers" China and love reading their near comical official statements, is there any western country that does not angers China every other year?
- redis_mlc 6y ago- Greece is financially captive via port ownership and loans - several African and Oceanic countries have had their elites captured (aka bribed)
- Leary 6y agoParis agreement, Iran deal, and now this.
- MikeUt 6y ago> The Victoria state's decision to sign up to China's Belt and Road initiative, with two agreements in 2018 and 2019 This vague description is the most detail the article gives on what the actual deals were. Can anyone shed more light on them?
- evolve2k 6y agoThe Conversation has better coverage: https://theconversation.com/why-scrap-victorias-meaningless-belt-and-road-deal-because-it-sends-a-powerful-message-to-beijing-159536 https://theconversation.com/why-scrap-victorias-meaningless-...
- simonblack 6y agoAustralia becoming 'non-agreement-capable'. Well on its way to becoming the 'poor white trash' of Asia, destined to be hungry on the outside looking in, while the rich people inside are eating very well indeed. In the past, a deal was a deal. Untrustworthy people don't get trade.