Former prime minister Paul Keating’s National Press Club address showed just how badly awry Australia’s policies on Asia have gone.
Category: China
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Lowy report further divides and demeans Chinese Australians
The latest Lowy Institute report sets newer migrants against established Chinese Australians, and ignores that it is a highly diverse community.
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Diplomatic insanity: Canberra sacrifices China influence for US alliance
Australia continues to damage its most important trading relationship — with China — by supporting the US’s limitless ambition in the region.
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Australia may be standing alone on China as the US does not ‘have our back’
Canberra sees any repercussions for ‘standing up to China’ as a badge of honour. But the US is grabbing our markets one after another — it’s now LNG.
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Amnesty International’s hidden politics, not Hong Kong’s, is the real problem
As a human rights group, Amnesty has nothing to fear in Hong Kong. As a foreign political organisation, it doesn’t have much of a future.
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China/US sign a mega LNG deal at Australia’s expense.
What a relief to know that the US has our back in our trade dispute with China! First it was agricultural products, Now LNG.
Our great “mate” is stealing our lunch again. The Chinese and Americans must be both laughing at us. (more…)
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America’s never-ending war on the world
Driven by its military-industrial complex the United States depends on continual war. As the War on Terrorism peters out a new enemy is invented — China.
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Taiwan tension is latest stage of a precision-engineered plan
The US and its allies are trying to push Beijing into overstepping its own red lines in a long game that includes the Hong Kong protests.
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A long march: China’s unfinished business on Taiwan reunification
Modern-day gunboat diplomacy largely ignores the historical circumstances and emotive aspects of the divide of Taiwan and China. (more…)
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Allegations about China and carbon pollution are rooted in racism
It’s wrong to paint the Chinese as the world’s biggest environmental villains, but mainstream media outlets do it all the time.
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Foreign interference: Protective mechanisms in Hong Kong are legitimate and necessary
‘One country, two systems’ is key to Hong Kong’s success, notwithstanding the best efforts of the US and its partners.
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What is going on in China?
How China made ‘common prosperity’ a major political issue for Xi Jinping and his government.
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Having lost Afghanistan, America has a new enemy in China. We blindly follow
Reversing the Morrison government’s policy on China is a matter of life or death.
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Australia gets caught up in Washington’s China blame game
The US is ignoring the rain of shrapnel that falls onto allies including Australia from its trade clashes with China.
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A member of the Parliamentary body that oversees intelligence agencies lends support to anti-China campaign
The compromised parliamentary intelligence committee illustrates the need for a standing royal commission to oversee Australia intelligence agencies.
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Nuclear submarine operations in South China Sea endanger coastal countries
The accident involving a US nuclear-powered submarine in the South China Sea brings into scrutiny the ramifications of such an accident. The release of nuclear radiation could damage the food supply of many nations. (more…)
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AUKUS is a stab in the back and a big mistake
By becoming little more than a US outpost, Australia is progressively sacrificing its role as an independent actor in the Asia-Pacific region, and diminishing its clout accordingly.
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Dodging the debt trap: a better way to compete with China in our region
Australia could use a small fraction of the money committed to nuclear-powered submarines to co-operate with our friends in a more cost-effective and quicker way to check China’s regional influence. (more…)
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The cringe comes back: has Australia misunderstood its place in Asia again?
With the ever-worsening Australia-China relationship, this may be the right time to examine what is it in the Australian cultural behaviour that has landed us in this predicament. (more…)
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What really happened — not just in Wuhan — to spark the COVID-19 pandemic
After months of advance publicity, book extracts and a Sky News documentary, most of us already know where Sharri Markson and News Corp believe the COVID-19 pandemic began.
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Tony Abbott in a China shop: Former PM’s ham-fisted Taiwan intervention
Former prime minister Tony Abbott’s poorly judged speech in Taiwan last week was inept diplomacy. The question is: who put him up to it?
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Knowledge, skill and flexibility is missing in Australia’s response to China’s rise
Fear of China is rooted in Australian history. But today’s policymakers are ensuring that we will remain the ‘lonely continent’, adrift in an Asia we don’t recognise as part of ourselves, with our identity and geography at odds. (more…)
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China, Taiwan and the US: the real terms of the deal
The US and China established full diplomatic relations in 1979, but that year the US Congress wrote its own script for Taiwan. Today, what the Chinese side interprets as word games by the US may wreak deadly consequences.
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As Taiwan and the Mainland face off, Scott Morrison must keep calm
Political leaders on both sides of the Taiwan Strait have been facing off against each other. Taiwan has been called the most dangerous place on earth. Exaggeration, maybe, but Australia should be careful not to get involved in any confrontation.
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Could AUKUS open a Chinese window to international leadership?
While there may still be quite a bit of debate about the strategic merits of AUKUS, there’s one thing most people agree about: China is not very happy.
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China might react to the Quad and AUKUS with tried and true patience
With the Quad and AUKUS, the US and its allies — especially Australia — are clearly challenging China militarily. All eyes are now on China to see how it will react. It has many options.
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China’s trade bid a chance to mend fences
Beijing can’t be happy with where its Australian relations have ended up. But Canberra should be wary of overplaying its hand.
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Anti-China hysteria lies at heart of action against IMF’s Georgieva
IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva’s fall would prove the fund has mere trappings of multilateralism — leaving others to go their own way. ..Many in the US Congress want Georgieva out because she is not a sworn enemy of Beijing.
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US hostility towards Hong Kong exposed for all to see
In recent years, China’s achievements have surpassed all expectations, and the United States has become increasingly paranoid.
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In competition between China and the US, Australian consumers choose China
Australia’s relationship with China involves many dimensions and Australia/China relations look a lot different from different perspectives.