What is the point of calling for ‘stable’ relations with a country while we openly arm ourselves for war against it?
‘Australia’s militarised response to China is exacerbating global faultlines and fracturing our own society; it is, in a word, destabilising.’‘Australia’s militarised response to China is exacerbating global faultlines and fracturing our own society; it is, in a word, destabilising.
In this situation, Canberra may sense an opportunity to undo a little of the damage incurred while putting itself “out in front” , and maybe also gain some wriggle room in case US efforts to stymie China’s rise fall flat.The fact is, though, that the ALP remains committed to the whole suite of policies that got us here in the first place.
A series of measures premised on the notion of China as a singularly hostile, dangerous country, remain in place: absurd restrictions on Chinese investment, visa bans on Chinese scholars of Australian studies, to name two examples. The accompanyingRolling back some of this harmful legacy would give Australian diplomats a far better entry point to air their grievances with China than vague talk of “stabilisation”.
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