China-Australia relations: Canberra’s plan to scrap research accord labelled ‘act of revenge’ over trade dispute Iron ore has yet to be dragged into the ongoing dispute between China and Australia. Photo: Reuters
China has called Australia s plan to scrap a research agreement between the Victorian government and Jiangsu province an act of revenge over trade disruption that is fast threatening Australia s economic growth.
As relations between the two countries continue to deteriorate, Australian press said earlier this week that Canberra was scrutinising the bilateral Victoria-Jiangsu Programme for Technology and Innovation Research and Development after it was identified as being potentially contrary to Australia s national interest.
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Both the US and Australia have stepped up military cooperation with other countries in the region to counter China
With US-China relations at their lowest point in decades, one of Washington’s closest allies in the Pacific is gearing up for a potential war between the two superpowers. In an interview with Australia’s Seven News, Australian Senator Jim Molan said he expects a conflict to break out soon.
“We are likely in the next three to five years or in the next five to ten years to be involved in a war between China and the United States,” Molan said. The senator made the comments while discussing the budget and capabilities of Australia’s military. “The ADF (Australian Defense Forces) has never been better than it is now,” he said.