The next big issue is where ‘sleepy Joe Biden’ will stand on Taiwan07/05/2021|6min
Courier-Mail columnist Jake Thrupp says we should be clear China’s “naked expansionism” is a threat to Australia, and the next big issue is where “sleepy Joe Biden” will stand regarding Taiwan.
He pointed to China’s construction of a $40 billion “industrial city” in Papua New Guinea just “three hours north of Australia”.
“This is in the Torres Strait. Australia, we import 80 per cent of our oil – refined in Singapore – it goes through the Torres Strait and, hello, China will be right there controlling all this stuff.