China issued threats and trade restrictions against 19 countries between 2020 and 2022, with Australia the top target of such “coercive diplomacy,” a report by an Australian security think tank said. | Reuters
Europe was the most targeted by region, it said, with 35 actions taken or 47 percent of cases.
“The dominance of these tactics reflects the PRC’s abuse of its global trading power and its exploitation of state-controlled media and ‘wolf-warrior diplomacy’,” it said.The Albanese government, elected in May, has sought to stabilize relations with Beijing and said it wanted to resume exports to China that were hit by “trade blockages” imposed by Beijing during a years-long diplomatic dispute.
Australia’s spy chief said in a speech the nation was experiencing unprecedented levels of foreign interference.The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s director general of security, Mike Burgess, criticized business people, academics and bureaucrats in Australia who he said had urged the intelligence agency to “ease up” to “avoid upsetting foreign regimes”.Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
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