Port Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory. Photo: Handout
As Australia frets about Chinese influence, local officials tout Belt and Road Initiative
- The country’s isolated Northern Territory, long dependent on Asian neighbours for prosperity, is now laying out the welcome mat for Beijing’s global trade strategy
- But local governments keen on working with China are at odds with security concerns held by federal officials
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Belt and Road Initiative
Port Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory. Photo: Handout
China Electronics Technology Group Corporation is a major defence contractor. Photo: Dickson Lee
China’s tech rise poses security and human rights dilemma for Australian universities
- Australian universities face an uncomfortable choice in working with China’s world-leading researchers on facial recognition and artificial intelligence
- Collaborate, and be accused of helping Beijing to violate human rights; or disengage, and lose both funding and competitiveness
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China-Australia relations
China Electronics Technology Group Corporation is a major defence contractor. Photo: Dickson Lee