DRYBLOWER

Dryblower on iron ore and gunboat diplomacy

SOMETIMES, but not often, the national interest and commercial interest coincide, a situation <i>Dryblower</i> suspects he is watching in the Australia v China spat which has entangled Fortescue Metals chairman, Andrew Forrest, and Australia’s Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop.

Dryblower on iron ore and gunboat diplomacy

Being debated, hotly at times, is whether Australia has been rude to China by objecting to its attempt to take control of a large part of the South China Sea using a modern-day version of "gunboat diplomacy"...

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