Great expectations: The unraveling of the Australia-China relationship
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Great expectations: The unraveling of the Australia-China relationship

Natasha Kassam writes about Australia-China relations for the Brookings Institution's Global China Series, which assesses China's growing role in the world.

In this article originally published by the Brookings Institution, Natasha Kassam questions why political and trade tensions between Australia and China have escalated so quickly. How is Australia responding? And why should the rest of the world care about the state of play between Australia and China? The article can be viewed here.

Areas of expertise: China’s domestic politics; public opinion polling; human rights; Australian foreign policy; Taiwan; Indo-Pacific strategy
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