Lee Kuan Yew's white trash of Asia: Former Australian Ambassador to China Geoff Raby's face on bottles of wine sold by Australian winery owned by China

 By Ganesh Sahathevan 

In the 1980s Lee Kuan Yew warned that Australians were in danger of becoming the white trash of Asia. This has to be an obvious example of what he meant. Can anyone image a former ambassador of any country in this region demeaning himself, and his country , in this manner?

And then there is Mr Raby's advocacy for China: 

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Bill Birtles

@billbirtles

Of all the Australian wines hit w/ huge Chinese tariffs today, one - Auswan - was singled out for the softest tariff of 107%. Much lower than all the others. It just happens to be the label of former ambassador Geoff Raby, a consistent critic of Aus gov’t’s handling of China ties

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Geoff Wade

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@Rory_Medcalf

It might have a little more to do with the fact that Swan Wines 天鹅控股集团 is owned by Wei Li 李卫 who has 250 distributors in 150 Chinese cities (and quite a few links) https://adelaidenow.com.au/business/sa-business-journal/port-adelaide-football-club-continues-to-deepen-its-ties-to-china-with-a-new-sponsorship/news-story/3fdd4eb6fb44a70b93a6c509e5b223b8… and http://adelaide.china-consulate.org/chn/zlgxw/t1749123.htm…