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Port dispute raises the stakes in China-Australia relations

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Beijing and Canberra are on a collision course over the Port of Darwin, a strategic maritime hub in Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) operated by China’s Landbridge Group. The backstory: Landbridge was granted a 99-year lease to operate the aging port in 2015 by the NT government. It invested hund...