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In minerals purchasing, China is teaching Australia a lesson on economic power - The Strategist | ASPI's analysis and commentary site
Why it matters
China's strategic use of minerals purchasing to consolidate economic leverage over Australia demonstrates asymmetric economic coercion capability that undermines Australian resource sovereignty and fiscal resilience. This dynamic exposes Australia's structural vulnerability in critical mineral markets and reinforces decoupling imperatives, directly bearing on industrial base security and energy transition capacity in a contested Indo-Pacific.
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