As Chinese bombers fly over Taiwanese air space in what Forbes magazine describes as a ‘Dress rehearsal for war’, it’s about time Australia stopped pretending that its sixth-largest export trading partner does not exist. For almost 50 years, Australia, in line with the United Nations, has not recognised Taiwan as a sovereign nation (like us, an island democracy of about 25 million people and strategically located in our region 160 kms off the Chinese coast).
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