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Media Roundup Issue 93 (13/10/18 – 19/10/18)
1. Turnbull reset with China could swing back on Morrison
14/10/18 Glenda Korporaal The Australian
While Malcolm Turnbull had moved to “reset” Australia’s strained relations with China just before his ousting, it appears military issues in the East and South China seas could flare as a new problem in ties between Canberra and Beijing.
While it was not a statement from the Foreign Ministry, Friday’s editorial in the state-owned China Daily makes it clear Beijing is concerned at the strengthening military ties between Australia and Japan, and whether both will be drawn into US-led actions it sees as aimed at containing its reach and influence.
Beijing was clearly not happy with the statements released after the meetings in Sydney between the Japanese and Australian defence and foreign ministers announcing joint military exercises next year in waters north of Japan.
Read more (Paywall): https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/turnbull-reset- with-china-could-swing-back-on-morrison/news- story/ad30462075d9eab4886cd014e4b3e38f
2. Donald Trump’s China ‘poison pill’ may hit Australia as US pressures allies
14/10/18 John Kehoe The Australian Financial Review
A China "poison pill" prescribed by Donald Trump for close US trade partners should send a shudder through Australian business boardrooms.
The renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement, tacitly agreed to this month, gave the US virtual veto rights over Canada and Mexico signing free trade deals with China.
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After decades of generally supporting China's integration into the global economy, Washington is now in the formative stages of trying to dislocate commercial supply chains between Beijing and America's foreign partners.
The US is fed up with China's theft of intellectual property from American companies, commercial cyber-attacks, forced technology transfers, state subsidised firms and limited US access to Asia's largest economy.
Read more (Paywall): https://www.afr.com/news/politics/world/donald-trumps-china- poison-pill-may-hit-australia-as-us-pressures-allies-20181010-h16hca
3. China’s cold war warning to Australia: don’t side with US
14/10/18 Primrose Riordan and Glenda Korporaal The Australian
Donald Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, said the Morrison government was increasing its naval co-operation with the US in the contentious South China Sea, as Chinese state media issued a blunt warning to Australia not to side with the Americans in any new cold war.
In an editorial, The China Daily warned Australia not to be “led by the nose” by America. It said Australia was walking a “tightrope’’ between the US and China and risked being wedged by Beijing.
The editorial said there was a “fragile peace” in the region that could be “shattered by the slightest misstep”.
The editorial was published in response to criticism from Australia and Japan of Chinese militarisation in the South China Sea.
Read more (Paywall): https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/chinas-cold-war- warning-to-australia-dont-side-with-us/news- story/df08d3100f9cf02dbff0d2d6ba74cbdc
4. South China Sea set to top agenda at Asean defence ministers’ meeting
14/10/18 Sarah Zheng South China Morning Post
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Beijing’s militarisation of disputed waterway has encouraged greater cooperation among regional players and major powers.
Long-standing tensions in the South China Sea are expected to come to the fore at a key regional defence meeting in Southeast Asia next week, amid an intensifying strategic clash between China and the US.
Defence ministers from the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) (sic) will gather in Singapore for their 12th annual meeting from Thursday to Saturday, along with their counterparts from China, the United States, Australia, India and Japan.
While observers expect the delegates to find some consensus on less contentious issues such as disaster relief, maritime research and anti-terrorism efforts – including a regional counterterrorism intelligence sharing network advocated by Singapore – they do not expect any concrete progress on core territorial disputes.
Read more: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2168437/south- china-sea-set-top-agenda-asean-defence-ministers-meeting?edition=hong-kong
5. Economy relies on China as international students prop up our universities
14/10/18 Harrison White News.com.au
IT WAS 3.30pm as I waited at a popular Melbourne cafe in the heart of the city. I had arranged to meet Xing Wu, a 32-year-old Chinese international student from the Fujian Province in the southeast of China.
I had arrived early — enough time to sit back and watch pedestrian traffic. I couldn’t help but notice the high levels of young Asian students streaming past to Central Station, across the road from the city campus of RMIT.
When Xing arrived, I offered the traditional Western greeting of a handshake and a hello. In return, he offered me the traditional Chinese custom of a gift — in this case a sweet Chinese berry drink, bought from one of Melbourne’s ever- increasing supply of Asian specialty stores.
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I had arranged to speak with Xing to better understand his experience. Why study here?
Why travel thousands of kilometres and pay exorbitant fees? In Xing’s case, he has paid around $64,000 for a two-year accounting course.
Read more: https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian- economy/economy-relies-on-china-as-international-students-prop-up-our- universities/news-story/6bea7fc2c0c7dbd364346b74722c67df
6. China’s car sales slump sends warning to Australia
15/10/18 Robert Gottliebsen The Australian
The Wall Street Journal was blunt: “Auto sales in China fell for a third straight month in September, as the country’s auto sector faces what looks to be its first yearly decline in passenger-car sales in almost three decades”.
In Australia, our first reaction is to focus on the obvious implications to our mineral exports of what is a significant Chinese economic event. There is clear danger.
But when we look at why Chinese car sales are falling, we discover that what is happening to our largest trading partner could easily be duplicated in Australia. I will start with the actual numbers and the obvious causes of the fall but as we’ll see, there are hidden forces at work that have great relevance Down Under.
Read more (Paywall): https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/opinion/robert- gottliebsen/chinas-car-sales-slump-sends-warning-to-australia/news- story/ef6b85b7da7e2319c2e5e84ddeb3b8c8
7. Reconciling with China in the Pacific
15/10/18 Euan Moyle and Alexandre Dayant The Interpreter
Last month, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly
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in New York. Wang Yi struck a surprisingly conciliatory tone, expressing the wish to partner with Australia in the development of the Pacific Islands region.
While Australia remains by far the largest aid donor and trade and investment partner in the region, shown by the Lowy Institute’s Pacific Aid Map, China has increased its aid program rapidly in recent years, spending approximately US$1.26 billion in the Pacific from 2011 to 2018.
With China now challenging Australia’s traditionally preeminent position in aid in the Pacific, the question remains whether Canberra can work together with new donors, particularly China, to reconcile vastly different aid and development programs and reduce tensions and suspicion.
Read more: https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/reconciling-china-pacific
8. Don't pick Donald Trump over Beijing, Chinese think tank warns
15/10/18 Michael Smith and Andrew Tillett Australian Financial Review
China has warned Australia's economic ties with its biggest trading partner will be damaged if it sides with the United States over trade or military disputes at a time when the bilateral relationship has been reset under the Morrison government.
Liu Qing, the head of Asia-Pacific research at the China Institute of International Studies, a think tank under China's foreign ministry, said Australia should adopt a "long-term view" on China.
"Under Turnbull's administration, the China bilateral relationship really hit bottom. Now the situation has slightly improved with the change of prime minister," Mr Liu told The Australian Financial Review.
"The ball is in Australia's court. It is up to Australia to decide which direction to kick the ball. If Australia takes sides with the US, this would hurt the China- Australia relationship. It will impact trade investment, tourism and personnel exchanges."
Read more (Paywall): https://www.afr.com/news/dont-pick-donald-trump-over- beijing-chinese-think-tank-warns-20181014-h16mqc
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9. Marise Payne hoses down John Bolton's tough talk on South China Sea
15/10/18 David Wroe The Sydney Morning Herald
Foreign Minister Marise Payne has adopted a conspicuously cautious stance on the prospect of more assertive naval patrols in the South China Sea after Donald Trump’s hawkish top national security official vowed the United States and allies would "do a lot more" in the flashpoint waters.
US national security adviser John Bolton said at the weekend that the US would escalate its tough approach to China on a range of fronts, saying Beijing’s "behaviour needs to be adjusted".
He said that the US had "got to do more" to show it did not recognise the legitimacy of the artificial islands Beijing is using to establish control in the South China Sea. He then noted allies such as Britain and Australia were sailing through the waters and added that "we’re going to do a lot more on that", seeming to suggest possible joint activities, which would anger Beijing.
Read more: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/marise-payne-hoses-down- john-bolton-s-tough-talk-on-south-china-sea-20181015-p509qd.html
10. Trump's US-China trade war boosts risks for Australian housing market
15/10/18 Michael Bleby Australian Financial Review
The Donald and Doncaster may not often feature in the same sentence, but Donald Trump's incipient trade war with China is a growing risk to housing in the eastern Melbourne suburb, according to Fitch Ratings.
And it's not just Doncaster, either. Concerns about a housing downturn that have become the biggest worry for fixed-income investors in Australia in the ratings agency's latest six-monthly survey indicate that a hard landing in China's economy triggered by a trade war, or further local credit curbs could hit dwelling values across the country.
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"Investors have become more concerned about the impact of trade wars on China," said Fitch Australia managing director John Miles. "If we were to see a hard landing in China that could impact on Australia and lead to downward pressure on house prices."
Read more (Paywall): https://www.afr.com/real-estate/trumps-uschina-trade-war- boosts-risks-for-australian-housing-market-20181015- h16njd?login_token=8FiaKhh5gUamf-KFTS3Xm5BJ- JgcKJD0BmZjxrNl1H1fNyPyNkyFkxvLCRxKYQWhau2WmU0jY7oVnp99yFEiaQ&expiry=1 539645379&single_use_token=FKOBPmeJJoU0wmAX_d1IXPCj8vc2uKNMnwv5XDwIJCDl Upt14dBviLRDeAvmJdOjKJ1MsLUy7eYlfRjdXAlmMw
11. Tasmanian Greens leader doubles down on Chinese election 'meddling' as slurs hit candidate
16/10/18 Radio Hobart Correspondent ABC News
The leader of the Tasmanian Greens has doubled down over a Hobart council candidate's alleged links to China's Communist Party, telling party colleagues accusing her of racism to "do their research", as the woman at the centre of the row revealed she has been targeted by slurs.
Australian citizen Yongbei Tang, who is standing at this month's Tasmanian local government elections, has strenuously denied being influenced by China through her links to the Australian Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification of China (ACPPRC), a group widely regarded as an arm of China's Communist Party and formerly run by prominent political donor Huang Xiangmo — the man at the centre of the foreign donations scandal which brought down Labor Senator Sam Dastyari.
Loopholes in legislation allowing for non-citizens of Australia to vote in Tasmanian local government elections led to some, including former Hobart lord mayor Sue Hickey, to complain of the potential for the voting roll to be stacked by candidates.
Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-15/greens-cassy-oconnor-yongbei- tang-row-deepens/10376686
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12. ‘Technology war’ the next big threat
16/10/2018 Glenda Korporaal The Australian
While the world is focused on the impact of the trade war between the US and China, there is a more fundamental tectonic crack emerging, now dubbed “technology wars”, and it is creating major concerns for global business.
Increasing unease by the US and its broader Western orbit, including Australia, about “security issues” is effectively seeing battle lines being drawn between Chinese technology suppliers on the one side and companies operating in the US-led Western sphere on the other.
Decisions like the one made by the Turnbull government to ban Chinese telecoms giant Huawei from supplying 5G technology in Australia, which is already having a knock-on effect on companies such as Optus, Vodafone and TPG (not to mention Huawei’s other business contacts in Australia), are now being made around the world.
Read more (Paywall):https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/opinion/technology- war-the-next-big-threat/news-story/4291f1986a083ba620fe6ff27a0c8590
13. Australian Technology Network of unis in alliance with China group
16/10/18 Tim Dodd The Australian
The Australian Technology Network of universities has formed an alliance with a counterpart group in China to conduct staff exchanges, student movements and research collaboration.
The new relationship is with the Excellence 9 League of Universities, known as the E9, which represents institutions with strength in engineering.
ATN executive director Renee Hindmarsh said the new alliance recognised “the world-class reputation Australia’s technology universities have for producing work-ready graduates and real-world research”.
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“Almost a quarter of Australia’s engineering students attend ATN universities,” she said.
“Students are at the heart of everything we do, and deepening our relationship with China and the E9 universities will pave the way for a strategic collaboration to meet future challenges.”
Read more: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/australian- technology-network-of-unis-in-alliance-with-china-group/news- story/1b0ed90dcdc6cb9657fe946fcbf57141
14. Call for Australia to lift its game
16/10/2018 Mal Gill Farm Weekly
AS a major supplier of high-protein wheat, barley and wines and potentially more beef and lamb exports into China, Western Australia needs to work on its branding.
“Australia (on the label) is not enough, you need to find the right channel,” was the advice from head of the Australian arm of COFCO, China’s biggest vertically integrated food producer, processor and importer charged with sourcing sufficient food for the nation’s 1.4 billion people.
While there was wide consumer recognition of the Australia “brand” in China and its products were generally perceived as safe, quality and “green”, there is massive potential to develop a WA branding, according to Yebin (Bruce) Li, chief executive of COFCO International Australia/ New Zealand.
The benefits of developing local branding will vary from commodity to commodity and product to product, Mr Li told more than 200 people at the 2018 Grain Industry Association of WA (GIWA) forum at Optus Stadium last week.
Read more: http://www.farmweekly.com.au/news/agriculture/general/news/call-for- australia-to-lift-its-game/2758055.aspx
15. Donald Trump begins a conscious uncoupling from China
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16/10/18 Richard McGregor The Australian Financial Review
The following article outlines the ramifications of the US uncoupling from China, which would have radical, ‘unpredictable’ costs for Australia who could be pressured to support its ally.
It is barely a decade since the publication of The World Is Flat, the Thomas Friedman book that painted globalisation as a seemingly unstoppable trend along with the enmeshment of the world's giant economies, the US and China.
But if the world was ever flat, as the New York Times columnist insisted, it doesn't look that way any more. In Washington at least, since the election of Donald Trump, the world has begun to buckle.
For evidence of this mega-trend, look no further than the phrase that has become the talk of Washington, of a "de-coupling" between the US and China.
Read more (Paywall): https://www.afr.com/opinion/columnists/donald-trump-begins- a-conscious-uncoupling-from-china-20181011- h16jf4?login_token=oOj1bccMYBgKi1zr83djC5d3mXT4KbiRlDQR8roWIl9CzjnRMNMJM XlkrZynNAxTysrqltC2lhyUEm3XP1e9QA&expiry=1539729538&single_use_token=b6al5 760dJMQ6MA31WtWwIXI79qCqb5sh4UNyIaKOmWvFqEUyIrq36PmygC1Lp0D_WJU0Ru 80ho8gxjwC5JPsQ
16. Offshore money back in property market
17/10/18 Simon Johanson The Sydney Morning Herald
Continuing interest in Melbourne properties from Asian buyers has diminished fears of an offshore investment squeeze in the sub $50 million market.
According to a new publicly available Australian National University database, Chinese investment in Australia slumped 40 per cent last year following Beijing's crackdown on offshore acquisitions and Canberra’s tougher enforcement of foreign ownership laws.
But while the investment flow has stemmed, the tap has not turned off.
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Developer Lascorp and Herzog Group, the owners of a significant Abbotsford industrial site on the Yarra River, have offloaded the property to an Asian investor for around $37.2 million.
Read more: https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/offshore-money-back-in- property-market-20181016-p50a04.html
17. US cold war overshadows Scott Morrison’s olive branch to China
17/10/18 Michael Smith The Australian Financial Review
It has not received a lot of attention in Australia but Scott Morrison has been on a China charm offensive over the past fortnight.
On October 4, the Prime Minister accompanied Immigration Minister David Coleman on a visit to the south Sydney suburb of Hurstville, which has one of the largest Chinese communities anywhere in the country.
The pair met with leaders of the local Chinese community, walking the streets and dropping into local businessess. Morrison opened a speech over lunch with "Ni hao", the Mandarin greeting for "hello", where he delivered a speech about how the current government views Australia's relationship with its biggest trading partner.
"China, as the most populous nation in our region and our largest trading partner, is important to Australia," Morrison told his mostly Australian-Chinese audience.
Read more (Paywall): https://www.afr.com/news/world/asia/us-trade-war- overshadows-morrisons-china-olive-branch-20181015-h16nq5
18. Kevin Rudd: China and the US seek the impossible compromise
17/10/18 Kevin Rudd The Australian Financial Review
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The US-China relationship is now in a period of deep transition, from 40 years of strategic engagement to what the current administration has defined as a new period of strategic competition.
This has been reflected in a series of US doctrinal statements and actions, including the December 2017 National Security Strategy of the United States, the US National Defence Strategy of January 2018, and the trade war starting in June 2018 which intensified during the US summer. We see it in the release of the US Defence Department's report in September 2018 on the future needs of US defence manufacturing, industry and technology. And we have seen it in October 2018 with Vice-President Pence's address to the Hudson Institute.
The deteriorating state of the US-China relationship has also been reflected in a series of actions by China: the cancellation of US Defence Secretary Mattis' visit to Beijing this month; China's refusal to facilitate a meeting between Secretary of State Pompeo and Xi Jinping in October; and the indefinite postponement of the scheduled Diplomatic and Security Dialogue.
Read more (Paywall): https://www.afr.com/opinion/columnists/kevin-rudd-china-and- the-us-seek-the-impossible-compromise-20181017-h16qyg?btis
19. Why the Chinese media keeps criticising Australia
18/10/18 Myles Morgan SBS News
Insults, warnings of a Cold War and calls to suspend trade are all par for the course in the Chinese media.
The latest editorial from China Daily this month blasted Australia’s “Cold War paranoia” as it warned Canberra about its alliance with the United States and Japan.
It joins a string of strongly-worded editorials from Chinese media outlets this year which have threatened Australia over its foreign policy positions, especially on Pacific aid and the South China Sea dispute.
The opinion pages of Chinese outlets, including The People’s Daily, Xinhua, China Daily and The Global Times are littered with criticisms and threats to Australia.
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Common themes are Australia’s arrogance, hypocrisy, pedalling of fake news and causing distrust.
Read more: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/why-the-chinese-media-keeps-criticising- australia
20. Navy frigate tested China’s nerve in Taiwan Strait transit
18/10/18 Primrose Riordan The Australian
An Australian guided-missile frigate travelled through the Taiwan Strait in a move viewed by the US as evidence its allies are standing with the Trump administration against China’s military expansion in the Asia-Pacific.
The Australian can reveal the Royal Australian Navy vessel transited the Taiwan Strait in late September following a joint exercise with the People’s Liberation Army’s Navy.
The move came after China fiercely opposed the passage of two US warships, the USS Mustin and the USS Benfold, through the same waters in July amid serious tensions between the two superpowers.
On Wednesday, China protested after the US docked a navy research ship in Taiwan’s southern port city of Kaohsiung.
Read more (Paywall): https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national- affairs/defence/navy-frigate-tested-chinas-nerve-in-taiwan-strait-transit/news- story/5c54ce300d6a2c5b5c2b732fbcc20c3c
21. China calls on Australia to meet halfway in shoring up ties
18/10/18 Xuequan Mu Xinhua Net
China hopes to push bilateral relations with Australia toward the right track, and hopes that the two countries can treat each other equally and with mutual respect, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said at a routine press briefing on Thursday.
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It was reported by Australian media that Prime Minister Scott Morrison had recently visited a local community of Chinese-Australians in Sydney, where he said that the government cherished their contributions in all facets. Besides sending greetings in Mandarin, Morrison also said Australia welcomes Chinese students, investors and tourists.
The prime minister also reportedly called on the two countries to manage divergencies constructively, saying strong bilateral relations will benefit and are in the interests of both countries.
Echoing Morrison's positive remarks on strengthening ties with China, Lu said the sound and stable bilateral relations are in the common interests of the two peoples.
Read more: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/18/c_137542432.htm
22. Is the Golden Age of Chinese studying abroad at an end?
18/10/2018 Joe Barnes The Diplomat
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Where else then, might Chinese students turn? Australia has long been a popular choice due to the relative ease with which foreign students can find jobs in the country upon graduation. Australia also lies in a similar time zone, which helps students feel more connected with their parents, and home.
“In the Chinese imagination, Australia is in some respects the gateway to the Western world,” says Merriden Varrall of the Lowy Institute, an Australian foreign policy think tank.
But Australia also appears to be getting jittery about China’s geopolitical ambitions, evidenced most recently by Canberra’s refusal to sanction Huawei and ZTE’s investment in the Australia’s 5G infrastructure.
“There’s been a big upsurge in concern over last 18 months about Chinese influence in Australia,” Varrall continues.
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Read more: https://thediplomat.com/2018/10/is-the-golden-age-of-chinese-studying- abroad-at-an-end/
23. Transcript: Rod Eddington speaks on Murdoch, airlines, culture and China
18/10/18 Steve Bartholomeusz and Rod Eddington Sydney Morning Herald
The following is an excerpt of the full transcript from Steve Bartholomeusz’s ‘The Big Interview’ with Rod Eddington as he discusses the current tensions between the US and China.
SB: At the moment there's a huge amount of tension developing between - I won't say the West -- I'll say the US and particularly China, which flows all of the way through the region. How do you read that and how do you think it gets resolved?
RE: Well there's no doubt that these are uncertain times. Australia's three major trading partners are China, Japan and South Korea, in that order. They're all really important to us. They're natural trading partners. They want the sort of things that we do and do well, our resources, our agriculture. Increasingly they're an important tourist destination for Australia, and also, of course, young and not-so-young Asians come down here to study at school and university. We're a natural fit for the North Asian economies, particularly. It's really important.
Read more: https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/rod-eddington-speaks-on- murdoch-airlines-culture-and-china-20181018-p50abj.html
24. Morrison attempts his own Australia-China reset
18/10/18 Jieh-Yung Lo John Menadue – Pearls and Irritations
When you see a Prime Minister wonder into a marginal seat, you know a federal election is on the horizon. Scott Morrison did just that at the start of this month when he joined local member David Coleman in the ultra marginal seat of
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Banks. The purpose: to reconnect with the electorate’s large Chinese-Australian population and at the same time send a message to our largest trading partner. But unlike Malcolm Turnbull’s ‘reset’ speech, Morrison’s remarks in Hurstville got little to no attention in the media. While lacking in detail, Morrison’s speech did hit all the necessary points for a reset and a further attempt to heal the wounds such as the contribution made by Australians of Chinese descent or Chinese- Australians, the importance of China to Australia’s economy, commitment to advancing our Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and willingness to take the relationship further beyond business and trade. And from what I’ve seen and read, Morrison’s speech was widely embraced by Chinese language media in Australia, Chinese-Australian community leaders and the Australia watchers in China.
Read more: https://www.johnmenadue.com/jieh-yung-lo-morrison-attempts-his-own- australia-china-reset/
25. China’s expanding middle class targeted by Australian quality food exporters
19/10/18 Jon Daly, Belinda Varischetti and Richard Hudson ABC News
Whether it be wine, beef or grain, China's rapidly growing middle class is developing a taste for quality Australian produce.
By 2022, there will be 550 million middle class people in China, making up three- quarters of the urban population
Export companies are spruiking the safety and traceability of Australian produce, and targeting the increasingly refined tastes of our main trading partner.
At the Communist Party of China's most recent National Party Congress, political leaders prioritised the improvement of the community's health and wellbeing, while meeting consumption demands.
Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2018-10-19/exporters-target-china- expanding-middle-class/10388594
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