Everything you want to know about Australia-China trade war but were too afraid to ask

In a bid to shed some light on the increasingly confusing stoush between Australia and China, we asked you to put your burning questions to three of the ABC’s China experts — international analyst Stan Grant, foreign affairs reporter Stephen Dziedzic and bilingual reporter Bang Xiao.

“Australians are clearly concerned about the state of relations with China,” says Grant. “So many of you are looking long term and asking how we engage with China which clearly presents a clash between our interests and our values.”

Here’s some of your top questions (and you can read the full Q&A here).

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