Beijing is spending big in order to “de-risk” itself from Australia in a move that could cripple Aussies.
https:// www.news.com.au /finance/business/mining/chinas-big-move-to-cut-off-australian-iron-ore/news-story/50eae131e0b7e6cb71966210dc78de68 Beijing is spending big in order to “de-risk” itself from Australia in a move that could cripple Aussies.
China is Australia's largest trading partner, both in terms of total volume and trade balance. Despite this they join military alliances against China and fester rabid Sinophobia among themselves. It is not suprising considering that Australia is an American vassal state but I wonder what the consequences of this will be in the far-future.
41US is forcing Australia to destroy their economy the same way as Europe. I think the goal from US perspective is to create a bloc and force the countries in their bloc to cut off trade with China and Russia, which ultimately forces them into dependency on US. And this is being accomplished through a combination of political pressure and military dependence.
31but I wonder what the consequences of this will be in the far-future.
Ever seen the documentary series known as "Mad Max"?
14If that's what it takes to decolonize the place, I can't claim I'd be entirely against it.
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Yep. Aussies are so racist that the US just needs to mention "Asians" and we'll gladly destroy our own economy for the yanks. I've been stockpiling canned food because things are going to get really fucking bad for the average Australian in the next couple of years. Food is already 25-50% higher in price than it was 2 years ago, wouldn't surprise me if it all has doubled by the end of the year. I fucking hate being a yankee vassal state.
15The amount of rightwing nutjobs immediately blaming muslims or immigrants after the mass killing on Saturday was sickening. At the same time seeing some liberals blaming those racists on Russian/Chinese troll farms was equally eye opening.
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Guy thinks South China Morning Post is "Communist Party Controlled"... it's owned by Alibaba Group but anyone who reads that rag can see that they absolutely don't bother 'controlling' it.
14SCMP is very liberal and quite pro-Western. It's not even aligned with the views of the CPC let alone controlled by it. I wouldn't call it a rag as it does sometimes put out serious and important articles - it's not CNN or BBC level propaganda trash - but its bias is unmistakeable.
11Agreed they do have good articles and decent journalism even if I don't agree with their politics a lot. Its still far better as a source for news on China than any western media.
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