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Not even WeChat escapes Clive Palmer

China’s internet censors are among the most Draconian in the world, but not even they could stop Freedom, Freedom, Freedom!

Max MasonSenior courts and crime reporter

Dec 15, 2022 – 2.51pm

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To call the deal between Clive Palmer and China state-owned conglomerate CITIC a shotgun marriage hardly captures the reality of the uneasy relationship.

Palmer’s Mineralogy outfit reaps more than half a billion dollars a year in royalties from CITIC’s Cape Preston operations, while clashing with the company in court and labelling the Chinese government “mongrels” who “shoot their own people”.

Max Mason covers financial crime, courts and corporate wrongdoing. A Walkley Award winner, Max’s journalism has also received awards from the National Press Club of Australia, the Kennedy Awards and Citibank. Message Max on Signal https://tinyurl.com/MaxMason