New Zealand-China relations: 2017-18
December
In a 2015 research report for the Australia-China Relations Institute, former New Zealand High Commissioner in Canberra John Larkindale wrote of the New Zealand-China relationship:[1]
The relationship has never become a topic for partisan political division, though elements of China’s growing presence in New Zealand and aspects of the economic links are increasingly attracting debate, and sometimes controversy.
Australia-China bilateral relations: How did we get here?
December
By James Laurenceson
Note: This article appeared in the Australian Institute for International Affairs' blog, Australian Outlook, on March 2 2018.
China zealotry comes at a cost, if it stops shared university research
December
By James Laurenceson
Note: This article was appeared in The Australian Financial Review on February 28 2018.
As I sit at my desk contemplating the latest round of panicky comments about China's influence operations in Australia – including claims about how they are supposedly undermining the military technology lead of the US – my attention keeps being drawn to two astonishing statistics.
Whitlam had it easier on China policy
December
Hard line on China
December
Australia and the Belt and Road Initiative: A survey of developments 2013-September 2017
December
On September 7 2013 at Kazakhstan’s Nazarbayev University, Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time outlined a vision for an overland ‘Silk Road Economic Belt’ connecting Central Asia and China’s western provinces. In an address to the Indonesian Parliament in October 2013, President Xi announced the development of a ‘New Maritime Silk Road’ spanning Southeast Asia.
Australia's tilt on China: An update
December
In July 2017 the Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI) published the fact sheet ‘Australia’s tilt on China’, which details Australian government representatives’ statements on China and the Australia-China relationship in the first half of the year.[1]
Since this time, the messages sent on the bilateral relationship have been mixed..
Seven steps to tame fears over China
December
By Bob Carr
Note: This article appeared in The Australian on December 12 2017.
Sooner or later Canberra is going to decide to reset its relationship with Beijing. In one year, or in five. Here are seven things that can make it possible.
Turnbull's blowhard China policy will cost us in the long run
December
Note: This article appeared in The Australian Financial Review on December 10 2017.
Australia and the Belt and Road Initiative: An overview
December
There was only one direct mention of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Australia’s Foreign Policy White Paper, released on November 23, and it signalled the Australian Government would continue its cautious approach toward the initiative.