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China is decoupling the global train

China is undermining globalisation with policies to take control of supply chains so that others can be locked out of them.

John LeeForeign policy expert

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What are we to make of the growing global conversation about decoupling and economic distancing from China?

Sure, there have long been complaints about the hazards of dealing with China: its intellectual property theft and the massive subsidies it gives to its state-owned enterprises and national champions.

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Dr John Lee is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington DC. From 2016-18, he was the senior adviser to the Australian foreign minister.

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