The US’s national defence strategy calls for regional policing in the Indo-Pacific. The fixation is on China and the spotlight is on Australia. (more…)
Tag: China
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Between watch dog and guard dog: the China threat and the Australian media
What is the role of Australian media, especially news media, in shaping a sense of who we are as a nation, amidst talk of a Cold War with China?
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Relax Mr Dutton, China is not an invading power (like US and us)
The defence minister fails to acknowledge the superpowers’ efforts to calm tensions, or that the US has jumped in to claim some of our former markets.
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Australia’s twisted Taiwan foreign policy fetish
Australian politicians’ Taiwan fetish shows their bloodlust is unquenchable. It’s another iteration of the Cold War.
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Strategists admit West is goading China into war
US military experts say a war over Taiwan is desirable, because Asia’s growth to become world’s economic heartland has become unstoppable.
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China trade: the disturbing gap between US rhetoric and reality is emerging
The fervid declarations of US support for Australia amid China’s trade sanctions count for little: the data shows Australia stands alone in paying the costs.The US does not have our back. It is grabbing our markets in China. (more…)
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Shutting down ASPI: Hugh White, Peter Jennings and China
In responding to Hugh White’s analysis of the cost of a war over Taiwan, ASPI’s Peter Jennings makes the case for just how irrelevant his organisation is.
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Lv Shun: The Chinese port where a new world order emerged
Before World War I, a Japanese victory over Russia in the Chinese port of Lv Shun was the first such victory by an Asian power over a European power.
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What is Xi Jinping to the Chinese people?
Many analysts assert that since Xi Jinping became the Secretary General of the CCP, China has become increasingly assertive in its foreign policy.
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China-Australia relations: A way out of the freeze?
China’s stated wish to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) could, if we are skilful, give us a path to promote the restoration of more normal diplomatic relations.
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US-China tariff stoush fosters a protection racket. Australia is on the ‘hit list’
The wrecking ball Trump took to the global trading system is still swinging, with implications for Australian trade and even the survival of the WTO. (more…)
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Postcard from Shanghai: Prospects are sunny, hope the cloud passes
Businesspeople in this bustling Chinese commercial hub have never seen the China-Australia relationship in such disrepair. (more…)
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Morrison turns China ‘threat’ into an election wedge
Borrowing from the Vietnam War-era Coalition playbook, the prime minister is putting domestic politics ahead of long-term policy for dealing with Beijing.
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The most remarkable aspect of Western attacks on China over Xinjiang is the unabashed hypocrisy
The US (abetted by the UK and Australia) in the so-called ”War on Terror”, has killed nearly 1 million Muslims in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria and Yemen.
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Yesterday President Xi Jinping discussed South China Sea with ASEAN leaders
Will the South China Sea Code of Conduct herald a new order? China will present a united front with ASEAN countries. The US may have other ideas. (more…)
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Liberals’ fear-mongering won’t be effective: former Australian diplomat
The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade claims that it “promotes and protects Australia’s international interests to support our security and prosperity.” I believe it has failed in this objective. (more…)
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Chinese takeaway from the Xi-Biden summit
The summit between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping taught us that Australian experts have misread the US’s relationship with China.
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Wang Huning, the Chinese Communist who understands America
But does anybody in Washington DC understand China like Wang Huning understands America? (more…)
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The one word that will stop sleepwalking our way to war over Taiwan.
Are we sleepwalking our way to war? Australia should be reminding China and the US that it’s vital to avoid conflict over Taiwan.
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Is Xi Jinping’s support as strong as his predecessors?
Chinese President Xi Jinping is central to the Communist Party, and also part of a historical trajectory that includes Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping.
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A Sino-US thaw would leave Australia stranded on a rock
As the US talks more about co-operation with China than competition, Australia’s lack of vision on China is on full display.
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Our White Man’s Media again hides important Australian news about China
China has just signed two major LNG contracts with US companies at the expense of Australia. There has been little mention of it in any Australian media. (more…)
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The origins of COVID-19: why we are still in the dark
The attempts to discover the truth about the origins of the pandemic have been undermined by secrecy, vested interests, suspicion, accusations and politics.
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What a relief to hear an Australian leader talking sense at last about China
The complex state of Beijing-Taipei relations that the anti-China hawks do not understand or probably worse don’t want to understand.
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Paul Keating’s speech is a teaching moment in a fraught relationship with China
Former prime minister Paul Keating’s National Press Club address showed just how badly awry Australia’s policies on Asia have gone.
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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…)