Australian Outlook

In this section

Episode 62: A Wild Week in Australia-China Relations

02 Dec 2020
By Allan Gyngell AO FAIIA and Dr Darren Lim
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison visits the ANZUS Corridor that honors the 1951 Australian-New Zealand-United States security treaty, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 20, 2019. Source: U.S. Secretary of Defense https://bit.ly/2VqezQM

In this emergency episode of the Australia in the World podcast, Allan Gyngell and Darren Lim react to a tumultuous few weeks in Australia’s bilateral relationship with China.

Events discussed include: the “14 points” document provided by the Chinese embassy to Australian journalists, new anti-dumping duties on Australian wine, PM Morrison’s speech to a UK think tank, and the hugely controversial image depicting an Australian soldier tweeted out by a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, and the PM’s call for an apology in response.

Relevant links

Scott Morrison, “UK Policy Exchange Virtual Address”, 23 November 2020: https://www.pm.gov.au/media/uk-policy-exchange-virtual-address

Darren Lim and Victor Ferguson, “A collective approach to countering Chinese economic bullying may be Australia’s best option”, The Guardian, 28 November 2020: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/28/a-collective-approach-to-countering-chinese-economic-bullying-may-be-australias-best-option

Bill Bishop, Sinocism newsletter: https://sinocism.com/

 

Related Articles

How Now? Kowtow? Australian Foreign Policy and a Rising China

By Allan Gyngell AO FAIIA
13 September 2017

There’s no doubt the way Australia engages with China is the most important issue in Australian foreign relations, combining complexity and consequence.
Gough Whitlam during his visit to China in 1973. Source: National Archives of Australia https://bit.ly/2SvSRdo

The Asian Century: From the Tyranny of Distance to the Power of Proximity (Part Two)

By Tim Harcourt
19 February 2020

Australia has engaged economically with Asia since Indigenous times, but two World Wars and a Great Depression stunted progress in the early twentieth century. Post-World War II, Australia started to realise its economic future lay in the Asia-Pacific region, as economic development lifted millions of people out of poverty and created lucrative export markets for Australia. In terms of governing this transition, both sides of politics played a role.
Allan Gyngell AO FAIIA at 2018 AIIA National Conference (Credit: twitter @ameliashaw91)

Bipolar Disorder: Australia, the United States and China

By Allan Gyngell AO FAIIA
18 October 2018

The US and China have both been status quo powers. Neither of them now is. Australia should work as hard as it can to avoid a re-bipolarisation of the international environment.