Australia’s anti-China rhetoric is not just about foreign policy. In demonising China as a malign communist power it distracts us from looking at what ails Western liberal democracies, presenting us with a stultifying either/or. Numerous articles in Pearls and Irritations have pointed to the double standards being applied to China and how the Australian media reproduce … Continue reading JUSTIN O’CONNOR. The domestic agenda for Australia’s anti-China rhetoric… Continue reading »