China slams Australia for close contact with the U.S.

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Published Oct 3, 2021

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Australia's partner in the fight against China's economic retaliation with "gum under the shoe"... A new phase of conflict with the launch of 'Ocus' In December 2019, more than 200 Victorians protested against the 'One Belt, One Road' agreement with China in southeastern Victoria in southeastern Australia, protesting on the steps of the provincial legislature to call for the business to be halted. Photo source Twitter On the 15th of last month, Australia launched the Anglo-Saxon security consultative body 'AUKUS' with the US and the UK, and the conflict between China and Australia that has been going on for the past few years has entered a new phase. China has imposed strict trade sanctions, halting imports of Australian goods, such as iron ore and wine. Hu Shijin, editor-in-chief of the state-run Huanqiu Newspaper, called “the unofficial spokesperson for the Chinese government,” also said in April last year, “Australia feels like chewing gum stuck under China’s shoes. You have to rub it with a stone.” However, there are speculations that China will also feel a burden as the geopolitical value of Australia, which has acquired nuclear submarines as Ocus, increases.

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The Atlantic, an American magazine, said, “China has discovered the limits of its power. They tried to change the world, but they couldn't change even a small neighboring country." This means that interdependent global trade supply chains and complex diplomatic and security networks have provided the small country (Australia) with a weapon against the big country (China). ○ China ‘Good companion’ in the past vs ‘chewing gum’ Australia and China established diplomatic ties in 1972. 7 years earlier than the establishment of diplomatic ties between the United States and China (1979). This has given Australia the world's largest export market and China has the opportunity to strengthen cooperation with Australia, a member of the Commonwealth and historically close to the United Kingdom and the United States. Even seven years ago, relations between the two countries were truly cordial. Chinese President Xi Jinping mourned the death of former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in ...

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