Fact 1: no country care about Oz except Oz, every country act in their self interest first and foremost. Make no illusions about this.
Fact 2: the bedrock of Australia-China relationship goes back to John Howard when it was agreed the US alliance will not be used against China. This was the case for 20 years until Morrison broke this agreement, by announcing Covid inquiry immediately after visiting Trump in US and a host of trade restrictions targeting specifically at Chinese companies. The Chinese sanctions were targeting Morrison for turning the agreement upside down, there's bigger issues at play than what you read in the paper. Re coal, I'll put it this way, the Chinese would never do anything not in their interest.
