ANALYSIS: Why Beijing raised the white flag in its trade battle with Australia
involving more than 200 flights by Chinese warplanes in "waves of simulated strikes", according to state broadcaster CCTV, as the aircraft carrier Shandong circled the island.
Should China attack Taiwan, Washington's first move most likely will be to request, or rather demand, an immediate suspension of the trade. Refusing, in essence, would mean that we would be supporting China in a conflict with America.Beijing's trade offensive backfires With critical shortages of coal two years ago, much of regional China faced crippling blackouts during one of the harshest winters on record.
Exports to Japan more than doubled while South Korea and India lifted their purchases by around 72 per cent each. In a speech to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute's Darwin Dialogue last week, Resources Minister Madeleine King welcomed foreign investors to take part in developing our new mines, sort of.
As Ms King told last week's forum: "Market concentration leads to fragility, volatility and unreliability of key minerals and rare earths.Could we play the peace maker?
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