China’s economy is changing rapidly. It’s no longer Australia’s easy export market

For decades, China’s market of 1.4 billion people and extraordinary economic growth gave Australian exporters seemingly endless opportunities. The prevailing assumption was that China’s growing middle class would:

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  build more infrastructure requiring steel
  
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  consume more electricity using coal
  
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  and send their children overseas for education.
  

But China has been transitioning…

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