Australia’s Strategic Dependence on China Risks ‘Security and Prosperity’: Henry Jackson Society

Dependency on China 'led us to stay quiet on human rights,' the report states

A smartphone with the Huawei and 5G network logo is seen on a PC motherboard in this illustration picture taken on Jan. 29, 2020. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters

Australia is more strategically dependent on China than its Five Eyes partner nations across key economic sectors, according to a new report by London-based think tank The Henry Jackson Society.

The report titled “Breaking the China Supply Chain” finds that the Five Eyes nations are dependent on China in 831 categories of strategically important goods.