Professor Ian Harper is the newest appointee to the Reserve Bank of Australia board
He spoke in an interview to Dow jones / Wall Street Journal that was out overnight
- Said fears that Australia will suffer an economic and diplomatic backlash from China for its recent rejection of large foreign investment deals are overhyped
- "Do I think the Chinese are going to take their money and go home? No"
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Professor Harper pictured here with an inadvertent photobombing hipster
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Australia recently rejected Chinese investment in the electricity market (fear China would come here, dig up all the poles & steal the transmission cables, you know, just your standard moronic political point scoring xenophobia) and a cattle ranch.
