[Analytics] Australia loses big if China ties unravel
The value of Australia’s deep economic engagement with China has never been more contested. In…
Australia
Australia is an economy of 24 million people and is one of the 12 founding members of APEC. When it co-founded the forum in 1989, Australia’s real GDP was USD 590 billion. Its per capita GDP was USD 35,000. In 2016, its real GDP has risen to USD 1.3 trillion, while its per capita GDP stood at USD 55,600.
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[Analytics] China can’t bully us into submission: the PM has Australians’ backing
China’s ambassador to Australia made the threats a couple of weeks ago, and now its…