Elites urge Chinese economic colonisation

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By Leith van Onselen

The ink is barely dry on the Australia-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which already includes provisions allowing Chinese companies building projects in Australia to bring in Chinese workers on 457 visas, along with allowing up to 1800 Chinese chefs, martial-arts coaches, Mandarin language tutors and ­traditional Chinese medicine practitioners to apply for 457 visas.

And yet the chairman of Chinese developer, Greenland Holdings, and the chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank of China have urged Australia to further open its doors to Chinese workers.

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.