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By many accounts, Sino-Australian ties have never been worse. The enmity appears to be deepening, with a near-freeze on diplomacy. #Turnbull is due to meet Premier #LiKeqiang in #China this year under an agreement on annual reciprocal state visits, but there is talk that the trip could be delayed. Australian Foreign Minister #JulieBishop has not been to Beijing in two years. Australian Trade Minister #StevenCiobo went to Shanghai but was unable to set up a meeting with his counterpart in Beijing.

The flow of money from China has been drying up as well. Investment excluding the traditional priority sectors of mining and real estate decreased for the first time in 4 years, falling 11% to $10.3bn. The apparent repercussions include slower Chinese customs clearance for Australian farm products and a personal safety campaign thought to discourage students from studying abroad in #Australia.


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Australia becomes Exhibit A for countering China's influence
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Asia-Insight/Australia-becomes-Exhibit-A-for-countering-China-s-influence
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#Australia’s #tradesurplus in June was higher than expected as exports to #China boomed to their second highest on record, a sign the commodity-leveraged country was weathering the early stages of the tariff dispute between Beijing and Washington. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australia’s trade surplus rose by 158% to A$1.87bn (US$1.39bn), twice the forecast and the largest since May last year. Exports rose 2.6% on a pickup in a broad range of goods from #ironore and #gold to farm and manufactured items.

Exports of goods to China hit the second strongest on record in June at A$10.34bn, an increase of almost 40% from the same month last year. Sales of #liquefiednaturalgas to China and Japan have been a major growth area, with export earnings up 14% in June alone at just over A$4bn.


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Australia’s exports of goods to China second highest on record in June
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2157958/australias-exports-goods-china-second-highest-record-june
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Relations soured last year when Australian Prime Minister #MalcolmTurnbull accused Beijing of meddling in Australian affairs. A schedule for Foreign Minister #JulieBishop to visit #China for a series of meetings held regularly since 2014 has yet to be agreed.

'We hope that, through the efforts of both sides, we can soon return bilateral relations to a healthy and stable development track,' Chinese State Councillor #WangYi said after a meeting with Bishop. 'To achieve this, we hope that #Australia can do more that is in the interest of increasing mutual trust between the two countries, and not be groundlessly suspicious.'


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China’s top diplomat urges Australia to drop ‘groundless suspicions’ to return ties to health
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2158321/chinas-top-diplomat-urges-australia-drop-groundless
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#China attaches high importance to its relationship with #Malaysia and with Prime Minister Tun Dr #MahathirMohamad, according to its Foreign Minister #WangYi. He added that China always prioritises Malaysia in its diplomacy, especially neighbourhood diplomacy. Wang, who has been in Malaysia since Tuesday (July 31), said China values its relationship with Malaysia because both are developing countries, followers of independent foreign policies and champions of Asian values. Dr #Mahathir is expected to visit China this month. There are growing concerns over China-Malaysia relations following the Pakatan Harapan Government's move to review several China-linked mega projects.


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China genuinely cherishes long-term friendship with Malaysia, says it's Foreign Minister
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/08/01/china-genuinely-cherishes-friendship-with-malaysia/
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Prime Minister #MalcolmTurnbull has shown excellent judgment in ignoring Mr Steve Bannon's free advice and making a significant speech that tried to repair our frayed relations with #China, Australia's largest trading partner. Previous Australian governments struck a pragmatic balance, asserting #Australia's principles on specific issues such as China's incursions into the South China Sea or human rights while accepting the new reality of China's global power.

Over the past 18 months, the #Turnbull government has veered to one extreme by focusing too much on the threat posed by China. In the words of former foreign minister Bob Carr, Australia succumbed to a ''China panic''. The Chinese responded with a diplomatic freeze. No Australian ministers were invited to China, although Trade Minister #SteveCiobo went there in May. Chinese Foreign Minister #WangYi spoke recently about Australia's 'groundless suspicion''. Against this background, Mr Turnbull deliberately chose the University of NSW as the setting for his 'reset speech'.


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Turnbull right to cool tempers on China
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/turnbull-right-to-cool-tempers-on-china-20180808-p4zw7a.html
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U.S. Secretary of State #MikePompeo announced $113m in new technology, energy and infrastructure initiatives in emerging #Asia, at a time when #China is pouring billions of dollars in investments into the region. U.S. officials said the American strategy does not aim to compete directly with China’s #BeltandRoadInitiative, which involves dozens of countries in an estimated $1tn of mostly state-led infrastructure projects linking Asia, parts of Africa and Europe, but rather to offer a more sustainable alternative by encouraging private-sector investment.

Eswar Prasad, a Cornell University trade professor and former head of the IMF’s China division, said the U.S. initiatives are tiny in comparison to China’s. The announcement of $113m to fund economic engagement for the entire region feels a bit underwhelming, according to Daniel Russel of the Asia Society Policy Institute, until last year the State Department’s top diplomat for East Asia.


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Wary of China’s rise, Pompeo announces U.S. initiatives in emerging Asia
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/31/business/economy-business/wary-chinas-rise-pompeo-announces-u-s-initiatives-emerging-asia/
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Joe Courtney, co-chair of the Friends of #Australia caucus in congress, has called on Australia to conduct its own freedom-of-navigation operation against #China in the #SouthChinaSea to help turn the strategic momentum in the ­region. Mr Courtney’s call was immediately rejected by Foreign Minister #JulieBishop, who said it would be 'an extraordinary step' for Australia to conduct a unilateral freedom-of-navigation operation (FONOP) against China.

With Australia-China relations going through a rocky patch after the passage on laws targeting foreign interference in Australia, the government has been reluctant to further stoke tensions. Despite this, the #Turnbull government has been vocal in its support of #US freedom-of-­navigation operations.


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US tells Australia to take on China over disputed islands
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/foreign-affairs/us-tells-australia-to-take-onchina-over-disputed-islands/news-story/f3905d87f899ef5a91482f7ca5750f04
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#Vietnam has for the first time ever become #China’s biggest trade partner in the #ASEAN bloc, with two-way trade hitting over US$10bn for every month of 2018. In June 2018, China-Vietnam economic turnover hit $11.2bn, dwarfing the $9.3bn between China and #Malaysia, which has held the title of China’s largest ASEAN trade partner for several years, according to Economic and Commercial Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam Hu Suo Jin. In H1 of this year, bilateral trade grew by 28.8% compared with the same period last year, higher than the 15.5% growth rate achieved between China and Malaysia, the runner-up in the ASEAN bloc.


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Vietnam overtakes Malaysia, becomes China’s biggest trading partner in ASEAN
http://www.thejakartapost.com/seasia/2018/07/27/vietnam-overtakes-malaysia-becomes-chinas-biggest-trading-partner-in-asean-.html
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americans need to do regional lockout and region coding for weed in corner store product by the cigarettes company and bankrupt the Truth anti-tobacco campaign.this is bankrupting season bankrupt them before they bankrupt you like toys r us. do regional lockout or region coding to mexico and central america for war in america.americans need medical marijuana and marijuana in corner stores in America for students. Americans need to do regional lockout or region coding Truth anti-tobacco campaign. They need to sign the bill for weed right in regular corner store for weed and sign the bill to stop giving cigarettes a bad name for people. Bankrupt black and mild people say it don't do nothing it's better to bankrupt it for weed in corner stores and papers for weed ."We need to stop big tobacco" from the truth need to be bankrupt the truth campaign on tobacco need to be bankrupt. Bankrupt truth and put weed in the possession of big tobacco so they can sell and market it in corner stores for Americans.bankrupt black and mild for paper for weed in corner stores like cigarettes and let cigarettes clean and product weed for corner stores for americans.bankrupt Tobacco control. bankrupt Smoking bans or smoke-free laws. bankrupt black and mild and cigars for papers in corners for weed and space to sell weed in corner store. outlaw and bankrupt cocaine for weed in store bankrupt black and mild in stores for papers for weed and bankrupt cigars in stores for space in corner stores. package them like cigarettes and clean the toxin from out of cigarettes companies.Americans need to bankrupt about the truth,cigars,and black and mild for papers for weed and for cigarettes. People need this for war like the tea tax. Also to medical marijuana in corner store package them like cigarettes for safety. in New York City Brooklyn.Bankrupt Truth anti-tobacco campaign or about the truth and their commercials.Americans need to bankrupt about the truth,cigars,and black and mild for papers for weed and for cigarettes. People need this for war like the tea tax. if people put weed in corner store for sell like cigarette and cleaning of toxins like cigarettes then it become a regular consumable like food or alcohol.then we can move on to the next law to add or act.because they don't want people to get smart off of weed. so they give it a bad name by lacing it and giving people schizophrenia.That is why they call it psychology the study if the brain or smarts.If weed was bad the Jamaicans would not be smoking it that much. They just want people off their addiction so they lace it to get people off of it or give them schizophrenia.If weed is in store and corner stores it can clean up bad atmosphere for Americans for life.So that is two sets of people lacing it Jamaicans and psychology.People is lie about cigarettes like they lie about weed they need to stop lying about cigarettes. When you lying about drug lie about cocaine or meth.allow the cigarettes company to clean weed of its toxins like going green or recycling. So if you do medical marijuana in corner stores then it's like recycling or going green. It good for the environment. In stock Americans need to not take foreigners and immigrants currency and do regional lockout and regions coding. his is bankrupting season bankrupt them before they bankrupt you like they did toys r us . only taxes immigrants even for war taxes because of their countries or continent. none for americans in america.americans are the kings of america and american are the landlords to immigrants and foreigners. In stock Americans need to not take foreigners and immigrants currency and do regional lockout and regions coding. The Asia continent is doing all of America censorship on the Internet and Google search engine, Bing. Along with their ally Africa. So it's best to make two dumping price policy one in Asia continent and one in Africa continent.also do regional lockout or region coding. do regional lockout or region coding to mexico and central america for war in america. americans need to do regional lockout and region coding for weed in corner store product by the cigarettes company and bankrupt the Truth anti-tobacco campaign.this is bankrupting season bankrupt them before they bankrupt you like toys r us. do regional lockout or region coding to mexico and central america for war in america.
people take old music out of america to mexico and make it new over there because they never heard it. then cycle it back to america and renew it for new generation to make money off of americans that also goes for games,anime,cartoons,cable,television,computers,ect. Americans have to bankrupt toys stores in Mexico and Central America to save toys and anime and cartoons in America because of war. To save toys r us in war. spanish,mexico,central americans help to get funimation off the cable channels all of them along with #toon #Disney and many more for Central America so their people and children and next generation can watch but not Americans next generation. You have to kill for cartoons. You have to do war for cartoons. Do regional lockout and region coding to Verizon fios provider not customers.
A joint scheme between #Australia, the #US and #Japan to help build infrastructure in #IndoPacific nations as a strategic alternative to #China's #BeltandRoadInitiative will struggle to match Beijing's financial muscle. Foreign Minister #JulieBishop announced the trilateral partnership as part of the #Trump administration announcing a raft of its own initiatives to step up regional engagement, which includes unlocking investment in the digital economy, energy and infrastructure sectors in the Indo-Pacific.

However, no details of the dollars Australia will commit to the scheme nor how it would operate were publicised, with Ms Bishop saying the framework was still being negotiated with the United States Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation.


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Australia to team up with US, Japan in regional infrastructure rival to China
https://www.afr.com/news/australia-to-team-up-with-us-japan-in-regional-infrastructure-rival-to-china-20180730-h13cqx
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Rarely has African airspace been so full of German government delegations. This week, Chancellor #AngelaMerkel visited #Senegal, #Ghana and #Nigeria. Meanwhile, German Development Minister Gerd Müller hopped between #Eritrea, #Ethiopia, #Mozambique, #Botswana, #Zimbabwe and #Chad. - and Minister of State Michelle Müntefering stopped by the Foreign Office in #Namibia. It seems #Africa has become increasingly important to German politics.

Merkel chose her travel destinations carefully. She visited reform partners in Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria, who are not only interesting from an economic point of view, but they are also at the center of the migration debate as countries of origin. Since 2016, she has visited no fewer than nine #Africancountries - all relevant to migration. Above all, last year - #Germany's so-called ' #Africa Year' - generated a large number of position papers, guidelines and cooperation initiatives. The Federal Ministry of Finance wants to create secure investment partnerships alongside the G20 #CompactwithAfrica (CwA) program.


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Opinion: Angela Merkel in Africa — A transparent tour
https://www.dw.com/en/opinion-angela-merkel-in-africa-a-transparent-tour/a-45317704
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