A Western Australian city is considering severing its sister-city relationship with its Chinese counterpart amid concerns that Beijing is using the ties for foreign interference.
On July 12, Albany city councillor Thomas Brough sent a notice of motion, calling on Albany to terminate its sister city relationship with Linyi City, Shandong Province in China, which was signed in 2014, before the executive council meeting on Oct. 31.
“In terms of the relationship, I guess there are simple reasons for severing the ties,” Mr. Brough told The Epoch Times. “The relationship doesn’t fulfil any of the criteria that local government has for having a civic affiliation.”…