Sky News Brisbane Bureau Chief Adam Walters discusses China’s response to Australia’s Defence Strategy Review.
“I think that all of this talk at this level belies the reality of the fact that so many Australian businesses … have a direct economic relationship and indeed a dependency on China,” Mr Walters told Sky News host Sharri Markson.
“All of that reality seems to transcend this constant debate over whether China’s aggressive or defensive or whether the United States is defensive or aggressive it seems to go back and forth.”
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