As Australia’s economic exposure to China has grown, so too has the perception of risk thisbrings. In turn, this has led to calls for public policy to be used to cut the exposure. This paperbegins by clarifying that exposure to China creates three distinct risks for Australia: a Chinesegrowth...

Australia's exports to the People's Republic of China (PRC) are being recast in terms of risk rather than opportunity. Exposure to the PRC market is seen as providing Beijing with coercive leverage that can erode sovereign decision-making in Canberra. Further, because this trade is mostly...