China
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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? Continue reading »
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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. Continue reading »
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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. Continue reading »
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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. Continue reading »
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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. Continue reading »
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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. Continue reading »
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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. Continue reading »
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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. Continue reading »
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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. Continue reading »
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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. Continue reading »
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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. Continue reading »
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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. Continue reading »
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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. Continue reading »
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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. Continue reading »
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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. Continue reading »
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Hawkish US Global Posture Review speaks obscurely and carries a big stick
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. Continue reading »
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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? Continue reading »
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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. Continue reading »
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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. Continue reading »
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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. Continue reading »
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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. Continue reading »
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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. Continue reading »
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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. Continue reading »
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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. Continue reading »
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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. Continue reading »
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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. Continue reading »
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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. Continue reading »
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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. Continue reading »
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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. Continue reading »
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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. Continue reading »
