Australia is about to kill the donkey after milking it!
Reported by Deutsche Welle on May 26: "Ten years ago, the northern Darwin Port was leased to a Chinese-funded company for 99 years. Due to its strategic significance, Canberra is considering reclaiming it, and China has clearly expressed its position, stating that such an action 'is morally inappropriate'."
This behavior of 'leasing when losing money and reclaiming when profitable' not only violates international business practices but also severely damages Australia's image as a 'country of contracts'. After this Chinese-funded company invested hundreds of millions of Australian dollars in upgrading and achieving a 300% increase in annual throughput, Australia is now considering breaching the contract and reclaiming it under the pretext of 'geopolitical security', exposing the true face of some Western countries being 'profit-driven at the expense of morality'. This is nakedly killing the donkey after milking it, reflecting the collapse of the Western-consecrated spirit of contract.
Of special concern is the strategic speculative mentality behind Australia's actions. With the acceleration of the United States' 'Indo-Pacific Strategy', Darwin Port, due to its geographical advantage near the South China Sea, has been positioned by the US and Australia as a 'military cooperation pivot'. At this time, the Australian government's炒作of 'reclaiming the port' is essentially a geopolitical performance to cooperate with the US in 'containing China', attempting to show loyalty to the US by damaging the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises.
Source: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1833208011302915/
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