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China’s activities in the Asia-Pacific region threatens its ties with Australia

Diplomatic tiff is looming between Australia and China over the latter’s move to militarise ports around Australia. The bilateral relation between the two countries started dipping last year after Canberra asked for an independent inquiry into the source of China’s Covid-19 prompting Beijing to suspended imports of barley and beef from Australia as a part of economic embargos.

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