Australia’s ‘China Plus’ Strategy Angers Beijing

Australia’s ‘China Plus’ Strategy Angers Beijing
A general view of the Australian flag is seen outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing ,China on April 9, 2013. Feng Li/Getty Images
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Australia may have managed to anger the Chinese regime even further with an extensive presentation by its treasurer, which showed that China’s economic war on Australia has largely failed. To make matters worse, the loss in trade with China has largely been compensated by expanded trade with other markets. And perhaps worst of all, Australia has announced earlier this month a new trade policy that Treasurer Josh Frydenberg referred to as “China Plus.”

Peter Dahlin
Peter Dahlin
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Peter Dahlin is the founder of the NGO Safeguard Defenders and the co-founder of the Beijing-based Chinese NGO China Action (2007–2016). He is the author of “Trial By Media,” and contributor to “The People’s Republic of the Disappeared.” He lived in Beijing from 2007, until detained and placed in a secret jail in 2016, subsequently deported and banned. Prior to living in China, he worked for the Swedish government with gender equality issues, and now lives in Madrid, Spain.
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