Hillary Clinton is warning Australia to resist China’s creeping influence in Asia before it spreads to the rest of the world

• Hillary Clinton warned Australia must stand up to the creeping influence of the Chinese Communist Party before it spreads.
• Clinton said China wants to extend its influence “first throughout Asia — then, throughout the world.”
• The former Secretary of State compared China’s “under the radar” efforts to the way Russian actors used covert social media campaigns to influence the 2016 US election.
• Australia has been closely monitoring China and its efforts to sway policy and expand its military presence in the Pacific region. 

Hillary Clinton warned Australia must stand up to the creeping influence of the Chinese Communist Party before it spreads, and drew parallels between its actions and that of Russian interference in the 2016 US election.

Speaking in Melbourne at the Growth Faculty’s “An Evening with Hillary Rodham Clinton” speaker series, which was attended by Business Insider, Clinton raised the urgency of fighting interference from China.

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