For all the bs that the Anglo propaganda says about Chinese people, Chinese investments, “debt trap diplomacy”- at least the Chinese will deliver on what’s written in the contract compared to the scammish fuckery that the anglos will perpetrate.
This was probably done at the behest of the CIA since Australia is a Mickey Mouse country incorporated in New York (seriously, what self respecting nation allows that?).
This scandal is all the more serious since Perth Mint is a government backed organisation; effectively, the Australian government under the Liberals (ScoMo’s party) cheated the Chinese.