Hurting ties with China will have consequences Australia cannot afford to bear

Hurting ties with China will have consequences Australia cannot afford to bear

By Wang Wenwen Source: Global Times Published: 2020/9/1 1:33:26

China Australia Illustration: Liu Rui/GTThe government of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will introduce legislation this week empowering the foreign affairs minister to review and cancel agreements between local governments and universities and foreign countries considered “detrimental” to Australia’s foreign policy objectives. China, is the implicit target.Group of Eight universities have blasted the plan. Top representatives of the sector also warned that Australia would be “in really serious trouble” without international partnerships, and believe their scientists have been vilified for working with Chinese counterparts. This is Australia, which keeps resorting to the excuse of “nati
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