Chinais far far more aware that the LNP is doing a Trump in thei Foreign Policy approach to China. We are fast tracking to be the 51st State of America. The problem is that there is far less certainty in our relationship with the current American administration under President Trump. There is an old saying it’s easier to break up a marriage than it is two partners in business making a profit. (ODT)

This week, a piece in China’s state-run tabloid The Global Times opined that Australia risks becoming the “poor white trash of Asia” if policymakers push forward with economic decoupling from China. A man pushes a motorbike past a casino in Bavet in Cambodia. Chinese developers are pumping lots of money into countries like Cambodia.(ABC RN: Antony Funnell) “We are seen in Beijing as the little brother of the US. In Washington, we’re expected to support American initiatives almost reflexively,” Strangio said.

China is ‘unimpeded’ in South-East Asia. Here’s how its influence may shape the region – ABC News