Australia has ‘handed a political victory to Beijing’: Michael Shoebridge

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s Michael Shoebridge says Australia has "handed Beijing a political victory" with their decision to drop an anti-dumping action against imported Chinese wind turbines. The move is in line with the Australian Wine Industry 's hopes for an end to punitive tariffs on wine exports and came about during a meeting between Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi in Canberra Wednesday. “What we’ve done is hand a political victory to Beijing,” Mr Shoebridge told Sky News Australia host Chris Kenny. “And the rest of the visit has been so striking because it’s been so empty. “One of the strangest things I’ve heard Penny Wong say is that they talked about the roles that China and Australia have in upholding the regions security. “China’s role is destabilising the regions security and creating the risk of war.”