Australia at the Front of New Battle Ground With China: Treasurer Warns

Australia at the Front of New Battle Ground With China: Treasurer Warns
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) flag encroaches onto the Australian flag. Oleksii / Adobe Stock
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Australian business leaders have been told the country is at the front of a new battleground with China.

Speaking at the Australian National University’s Crawford Leadership Forum in Canberra on Sep. 6, federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said Australia was “on the front line of new strategic competition and facing increasing pressure to compromise core values” from Beijing.