Posted by seumasach on August 4, 2016
23rd November, 2015
The opposition Labor Party has stepped forward as the most vociferous critic of the conservative Coalition government’s failure to consult with the Obama administration before a 99-year lease over Darwin’s commercial port was granted to the Chinese-owned Landbridge Group.
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Posted by seumasach on August 1, 2016
1st August, 2016
If Australia — “a unique country with an inglorious history — steps into the South China Sea waters”, the newspaper Global Times editorialised at the weekend, “it will be an ideal target for China to warn and strike … Australia’s power means nothing compared to the security of China.”
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Posted by seumasach on September 22, 2015
A Sinophile in command in Australia, China elated
M.K.Bhadrakumar
18th September, 2015
The Chinese press nicknamed the new Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull ‘sweet dumpling’, ‘sugar bomb’ – apparently a rough translation of his surname, which in Chinese works out to Tang Bao, meaning a sweet custard-filled bun. Beijing is elated that Turnbull has taken over as prime minister in Canberra, summarily replacing Tony Abbott.
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