(L-R, front row) South African Cyril Ramaphosa, President Chinese President Xi Jinping and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stand during a group photo with G20 leaders at the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 18, 2024. (Photo by ERIC LEE / POOL / AFP) Photo by ERIC LEE/POOL/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Australian government is exactly where Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping wants it to be, which is to be “quiet and subservient,” according to an ominous warning from defence expert Peter Jennings.Jennings was the Deputy Secretary for Strategy in the Defence Department (2009-12); Chief of Staff to the Minister for Defence (1996-98); and Senior Adviser for Strategic Policy to the Prime Minister (2002-03).
Quiet and Subservient: How Beijing Tested Australiaand Why One Analyst Says Canberra Faltered
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