https:// www.nytimes.com/2016/09/25/business/international/australia-china-mining-port-hedland.html Australia / China

That has led to some soul-searching about the role of Chinese money in the country’s political and economic life. Businesses linked to China have become sizable donors to Australian political parties, and a company said to have links to the Chinese military obtained a 99-year lease last year for a port next to a base that often houses United States Marines.