The Panda in the Kanga Pouch and other metaphors

An animal analogy...

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Trev: Here’s a good metaphor. A panda in a kangaroo pouch. Even rhymes.

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from The Economist, Jan 19th 2019

Basil: Where’s that from?

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Trev: The Economist on January 19th. Clever. The kanga is Australia. The panda is China.

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Basil: What’s the panda doing in the pouch?

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Trev: China is popping up building roads and ports in Pacific islands. Near Australia.

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Basil: Chinese geopolitical strategy in a lot of regions.

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Trev: But what got our goat was that the Chinese wanted to build a military base in Vanuatu.

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Basil: Ouch. Close to home.

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Trev: Right in what we Aussies regard as our “patch”. Even if it is water.

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Voice-over

Clear where the artist got the “pouch” idea from. A fair swag of other metaphors in the article too, like “dropping the ball” playing “whack-a-mole.”

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