Minxin Pei is professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and a nonresident senior fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
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China's economic bullying will never work
Beijing has threatened Australia, Japan and others with tariffs and tourism cuts
Since Chinese tourists contribute about A$12 billion to Australia's economy each year, Beijing wants Canberra to pay a price for biting the hand that feeds it. © Reuters
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