The well-worn observation that China is at once Australia’s largest trading partner and its primary security concern is often portrayed as a conundrum in which trade-offs may be needed.
Beijing’s best strategy these days is to play on this perceived tension and create the sense that if we can get the relationship “back on track” and scrubbed of diplomatic controversies, Canberra will have an economic relationship Australians can take to the bank.
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Justin Bassi is the executive director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
