from the eiu. he says australia was never a good target for china to have tensions with. it’s good target for china to have tensions with. tensions with. it s a slight stabilisation tensions with. it s a slight stabilisation but - tensions with. it s a slight stabilisation but ties - tensions with. it s a slight stabilisation but ties are l stabilisation but ties are going to remain quite difficult. this recent incident between australia and china over the last two years really shows the limits and in some way the lack of sophistication of chinese foreign policy. australia was a bad target for china to choose. it was always going to side with the us when push comes to shove. because of its resource endowments it s got unusually large amounts of leverage. pushed by china on australia hasjust leverage. pushed by china on australia has just resulted firstly in australia doubling down on diversifying its export rays. it s termed public and political opinion in that country f