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Australians Remain Frosty Towards China as Wariness Over Taiwan Military Threat Grows

A new study has revealed that in the event of a military conflict between Beijing and Washington over Taiwan, just over half of Australians would be against physically entering the contest on Taiwanese soil. However, Australians were keen to still support Taiwan, with 80 percent saying they would accept Taiwanese refugees into Australia, 76 percent…


Businesses Holding Onto False Hope Regarding China

Commentary How naïve. It was reported last week that the Business Council of Australia (BCA) and the Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) were open to China joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The CPTTP is a trade agreement established in 2018 between 11 Pacific nations including Australia. China is the next application…


Reaching for ‘Peace in Our Time’ Once Again

Commentary Peace in our time is an aspiration all, but the foolhardy would embrace. It is a superbly worthy goal. The person to whom the words “Peace in our time” are accredited is a man who, full of noble ambition, had those words thrown back at him as the deal he had struck unravelled in…


Japanese Ambassador Encourages Australia as It Continues Efforts to Downsize China Trade

Australia has started to follow Japan’s footsteps in diversifying trade away from China, according to Japan’s ambassador to Australia, who said he expects a closer partnership between the two countries in the metals and mining sectors as Australia’s second largest export market. Yamagami Shingo, who assumed the post of Ambassador of Japan to Australia in…


China Will Struggle to Become a Dominant Economy: Think Tank

China will never have a “meaningful lead” over the U.S. and will remain “far less prosperous” and productive per person, even by the mid-century, a Sydney-based think tank has said. In its new analysis paper, “Revising Down the Rise of China,” the Lowy Institute said it believes that China’s economic growth will slow to an…


China Relies on Taiwan, Australia for Chips, Minerals, Despite Political Friction

News Analysis China banned the import of pineapples from Taiwan and beef and cotton from Australia for political reasons. However, China’s overall reliance on goods from the two countries continues to expand, with its increasing import of chips and minerals. According to China’s General Administration of Customs on Jan. 14, imports in 2021 from Taiwan…


A Diplomatic Boycott of the Winter Olympic Games?

Commentary The Biden Administration has announced that the United States will not officially participate in the Winter Olympics, scheduled to be held in Beijing from Feb. 4 to 20, 2022. Although the diplomatic boycott means that there will be no official American representation in Beijing during the Games, Team USA will still be able to…


Has Former Australian PM Paul Keating Unveiled Labor’s China Policy Prematurely?

Commentary Hidden behind the usual political headline news about climate policy and vaccine rollouts, the next Australian federal election will decide whether the nation submits to a future of Chinese dominance or chooses to stand on principle and continue to fight for freedom. In the week where we saw former Australian Labor Prime Minister Paul…


The Politics of Retribution: The China-Australia Trade Disputes

Commentary Former Australian Prime Minister, Paul Keating, generated a wave of criticism when, in an address to the National Press Club on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, he argued that China “does not represent a contiguous threat to Australia” and that Australia should not be involved in any dispute over Taiwan. While a spokesperson of China’s Foreign…


Ninth Australian Abattoir Suspended from Exporting to China

A ninth Australian abattoir has had its license to export to China suspended. One of the country’s largest beef companies, Australian Country Choice (ACC), based in Brisbane, was notified by federal authorities that from Oct. 18, its trade to China had been blocked. Chinese authorities supposedly detected a chemical substance used to treat bacterial infections…