Originally Posted by
etudiant
Australia has the raw materials China needs. The idea that Australia's modest trade surplus is an issue when China runs a half trillion annual surplus with the US alone seems dubious.
So do others have the resources and a willingness to trade. US economy is 16 times bigger than Australia and remove the Chinese trade surplus and Australia is in defecit
China does seem to be becoming a lot more touchy about foreign opinions voiced elsewhere, but not very receptive to allowing similar sentiments to be articulated to their own people. That will be a problem, getting every tweet cleared with Beijing.
Of course, having decided that 'hate speech' can be censored, can any government object to censoring anti Chinese news and comments if it becomes economically damaging??
China touchy ? Think you need to look at all Govts as they are touchy.