To your first question, well I guess if the backdrop is that there are 'tensions' and things are bad enough that we worry about the CCP using its control of Australian based assets for strategic purposes then we'd already be at the point where we would be prepared to accept Beijing being angry that we nationalised their 'commercial' interests. The relationship would already be classed as upset, so I don't think we'd be too worried about hurting their feelings. The bigger problem would be the narrative that goes along with it and how it would be seen in the global marketplace. We would not want the CCP to control that narrative otherwise it might spook future investors.Probably and how would that go down if there is tensions? I was wondering if we started taking back ownership of any foreign owned infrastructure whether the protections were in place to do that when the deal was signed?
I'm unsure about the protections and the deals you discuss. It kind of doesn't matter though, when it comes to national interest, legal matters will be secondary in consideration.
Unsure, but as I said in that post, even if there are, there is much less concern that they would be used as a tool of strategic power the way we are concerned over Chinese SOEs being used for strategic purposes.Are our assests owned by foreign goverments via private businesses like China?