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Australians don’t trust China and think we rely too much on it – but want to build stronger relationships with Beijing anyway, a new survey has found. A swag of contradictory opinions about the authoritarian superpower were revealed in an online survey by University of Technology Sydney researchers. The study found 76 per cent of Australians don’t trust the Chinese Government, but 61 per cent believe their country should forge closer ties with China. Tensions between Beijing and Canberra remain high after rising steadily since the start of the Covid pandemic in early 2020. Three quarters of Australians believe Chinese...
