1. High tension diplomacy
If the second largest economy in the world is particularly interested in mineral wealth and Australian agricultural production, it also continues to increase its presence in the countries of the South Pacific, neighboring Australia.
So much so that the island-continent - home to just over 25 million Australians - fears gradually becoming the hinterland of a China of 1.4 billion inhabitants, located 4,000 kilometers from its ratings.
Since the vote in 2017 of a law on foreign interference and the financing of political life which specifically targeted the activism of the Chinese Communist Party in Australia, the diplomatic cloth has been burning between the two countries.
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Especially since arriving at the head of government the following year, the new Prime Minister Scott Morrison, determined to curb Chinese investment projects on his territory, followed the same line and multiplied the passes of weapons.
On April 20, 2021, he notably vetoed an agreement by which
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