Australia and China’s deepening dispute, & how they are caught in a ‘Thucydides trap’

  In the past few months, the relations between China and Australia have steadily deteriorated. It all began after Australia, along with western countries like the US and the UK, called out Chinese curbs in Hong Kong on 19 November. In response, China issued a 14-point “chargesheet” attacking Australia.

This diplomatic dispute escalated Monday after a spokesperson for the Chinese government, Zhou Lijan, tweeted a doctored photograph of an Australian soldier holding a knife to an Afghan child’s throat.

Read more: https://theprint.in/opinion/australia-and-chinas-deepening-dispute-how-they-are-caught-in-a-thucydides-trap/555752/