The ban on Huawei itself isn’t the problem, but the way that some arms of the government rubbed China’s face in it. Opinion has firmed that Beijing’s restrictions on Australian coal are intended to send a message. Imposed in December the restrictions are seeing coking coal from Australia fall 21 per cent while imports of Mongolian coal … Continue reading BOB CARR. Real diplomacy could have avoided China’s coal revenge (Australian Financial Review, 3 April 2019)… Continue reading »