China is challenging the fractured world order of the West — and the pushback from the imperial powers of yesterday is mired in hypocrisy.
Tag: China
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Dutton’s posturing can only lead to military confrontation with China
As the US draws its allies in an encirclement campaign against China, Australia’s Defence Minister is adding fuel to the fire.
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How Xi Jinping became the real-life Dr Evil through the mainstream Western media
Endless negative news stories and opinion pieces about how bad China is in almost every way are bound to shape public perception.
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Any hope of an Australia-China reset in the new Tiger Year?
A new year, a new Chinese ambassador, half a century since diplomatic relations were established in 1972. Is there any hope of a reset? (more…)
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West’s bid to subvert others is no longer a secret
The US’s attempts to destabilise its perceived enemies and cling to global supremacy have been laid bare in a new book.
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The China threat industry hasn’t turned up any bodies
If it’s true that Beijing is intent on subverting liberal democracies, why haven’t Chinese agents of influence been exposed in Australia?
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Sea of hypocrisy around US freedom of navigation operations
These US operations in the South China Sea may violate international law, increase the risk of confrontation and are politically motivated.
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Hong Kong’s legal system can be judged on its merits
Criticism of the city’s independent and highly professional judiciary is malicious, groundless and often politically motivated.
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The US-funded ‘think tank’ pushing Australia towards war
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute is irrationally hostile towards China and has unprecedented influence over Australian defence policy.
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The Peng Shuai affair: the West’s reaction should be laughed out of court
The use by China critics of a tennis player’s broken relationship with a senior party official to paint the regime in Beijing as evil is absurd.
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Kazakhstan protests earn just a passing glance from the major players
While Russia had a heavy-handed response to recent Kazakhstani protests, China resisted putting boots on the ground.
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Uncertainty ahead: Xi Jinping faces a challenging 2022
After an uncertain year in 2021, the only dependable prediction for China in 2022 is that Xi Jinping will return for a third term in power.
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The Jews of Asia: why Chinese Australians feel threatened
Playing the Chinese card may be politically rewarding for some, but it is the ordinary people in the street who suffer the consequences of this Sinophobia.
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CLUB OF ROME: Rigor and care with language matters in examining separatist movements in Xinjiang.
Much of the debate concerning Xinjiang is packed to the brim with information that lacks institutional verification and credibility. Indeed, the Islamic world itself has largely not supported these charges. (more…)
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The China threat: Dutton is dragging Australia into dangerous waters
The Defence Minister is stoking anti-China sentiment in Australia – a foolhardy stance that is damaging our economy and putting us at risk of military conflict. (more…)
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‘Uyghurs for sale’: a rigorous analysis or strategic disinformation?
A private citizen has debunked a think-tank’s claims of Uyghur forced labour. Media, human rights organisations and universities were MIA. Why? -
Beware Sinophobia over Xinjiang: the charge of genocide should never be made lightly
The treatment of the Uyghur people of Xinjiang Province under Chinese rule is a major talking point in diplomacy. There is a more nuanced view. (more…)
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Positive competition: US and China can live in harmony in the Asia-Pacific
The future regional order has to be one of inclusion and integration, rather than one of exclusion and bloc-rivalry.
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Australia’s damaging and deluded retreat from Asia
Obsessed with demonising China, the Morrison government appears to exult in its destruction of one of Australia’s most valuable relationships.
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Paul Keating responds to Peter Hartcher’s ‘King Canute’ column
Peter Hartcher has a lot to answer for, writes Paul Keating in a response to the Nine columnist that did not make it to print.
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Development, sovereignty, ideology and the new Great Power Competition
A speech by one of the most substantial figures in US academia sets out a framework for peaceful co-operation between China and the US this century.
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Australia’s clumsy retreat from Asia will prove costly
The decline in our ties with Asia that began under John Howard has accelerated alarmingly as the Morrison government.
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Making an enemy of China: how we got into this mess
Australia’s attitude to China has many contradictions. As Australia beats the drums of war, it continues to sell its iron ore to China.
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In too deep? US credibility at risk in South China Sea
Washington insists it will defend the “rules-based order” in the face of China’s increasing belligerence, but it may be raising expectations too high.
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Arrogant US resents China for resisting its ‘right’ to interfere
What the US most resents about China is that it is successful in delivering results for its own people and resists US interference.
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Bilateral bright spot: the future of Australian studies in China
The largest Australian studies community in the world is in China. This augurs well for Beijing-Canberra relations, despite current tensions.
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The West’s diplomatic boycott of Winter Olympics is gold-medal hypocrisy
This petty action squanders an opportunity for positive engagement and is rooted in a sense of anxiety about the rise of a non-Western nation.
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‘Genocide’ finding over treatment of Uyghurs is overreach
The independent Uyghur tribunal has no legal standing, and its findings are not as strong as the Western media has made out.
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Why the West must tread carefully in assessing China
By downplaying China’s strength, commentator Paul Dibb ignores contemporary realities and underlines the subjectivity of strategic assessments.
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China’s belligerence in the South China Sea is backfiring
Its illegal actions and attempts at intimidation are fostering resentment among South-East Asian nations — and playing into the hands of the US.