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How the sale of Darwin port to the Chinese sparked a geopolitical brawl
by Ben Smee and Christopher A Walsh / Yesterday, 10:04 PM
In an extract from their new book, two Northern Territory writers tell how the NT’s leader Adam Giles hoped to use the leasing to get ‘off the teat of Canberra’. Instead his move thrust his government into the centre of Asia-Pacific tensions
Wander down Mitchell Street, Darwin on any Friday night in the dry season and the US marines are easy to spot: clean-cut, huddled in small groups, and practising their best behaviour amid hordes of sunburnt European faces.
Just a few hours later, the Parap Markets simmer with sweet spices, tropical fruits and wares sold by the descendants of immigrants from China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Cambodia. Few but long-term locals understand the extent to which Darwin is a tropical south-east Asian city, linked to the north by climate, lifestyle and hundreds of years of history.
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How the sale of Darwin port to the Chinese sparked a geopolitical brawl
by Ben Smee and Christopher A Walsh / Yesterday, 10:04 PM
In an extract from their new book, two Northern Territory writers tell how the NT’s leader Adam Giles hoped to use the leasing to get ‘off the teat of Canberra’. Instead his move thrust his government into the centre of Asia-Pacific tensions
Wander down Mitchell Street, Darwin on any Friday night in the dry season and the US marines are easy to spot: clean-cut, huddled in small groups, and practising their best behaviour amid hordes of sunburnt European faces.
Just a few hours later, the Parap Markets simmer with sweet spices, tropical fruits and wares sold by the descendants of immigrants from China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Cambodia. Few but long-term locals understand the extent to which Darwin is a tropical south-east Asian city, linked to the north by climate, lifestyle and hundreds of years of history.
Related: Chinese company secures 99-year lease of Darwin port in $506m deal
Related: Kezia Purick: 'Some say I'm to the right of Genghis Khan, which is OK by me'
Related: Northern Territory election: Adam Giles admits failures over insurance privatisation
Continue reading...
