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| 15 nations sign Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership |
Including Australia. The RCEP was helped along by Trump pulling out of the TPP, one of his early major strategic errors. Leaving the ground clear for Beijing intrusion. An own goal. RCEP is the “largest in the world”.
RCEP doesn’t mitigate Australia-China tensions. Which, let’s recall, amount to China bullying Australia for having the temerity to ask: why did China ban local flights out of Wuhan in January, but allow international flights? And: what was the true source of the outbreak? Could we have an international investigation, please? Both fair questions. Which any other country would answer. Xi’s China bullies.
Oh, and Australia complains about malicious interference in its domestic affairs, by Beijing proxies in Oz, via its United Front Work Department. How dare we?
So Beijing’s hissy fit against Australia continues. Bigger picture being that it will only frighten other counties from closer ties with Beijing. Which it should.
Another report on how Beijing is punishing South Korea because it allowed US THAAD missiles on its soil. Punishes a K-Pop band because it doesn’t parrot its false narrative on the Korean War (“Caused by US Imperialism”).
Xi Jinping’s Beijing regime really is horrid. Everyone must try to disentangle from its horridness.
