China is positioning itself to become a key long-term player in East Timor’s political, economic and perhaps even military affairs, according to an Australian academic who specialises in researching Chinese foreign policy. Joseph Poprzeczny reports.International affairs expert and Chinese linguist, Kate Reid-Smith, of the Northern Territory’s Charles Darwin University, says the budding Sino-East Timorese relationship has the potential to seriously undermine Indonesia’s and Australia’s spher…
