Australia-China monthly wrap-up: August 2023
December
By Elena Collinson and Corey Lee Bell
Key points
- Tariffs on Australian barley imposed by the PRC in 2020 are removed. Wine, lobster, a range of beef products and hay are still affected by PRC trade bans
PM Albanese in Manila: Building partnerships for supporting democracy
December
Note: This article appeared in the Australian Institute of International Affairs’ Australian Outlook, on September 8 2023.
Social reengineering in the name of security in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
December
Note: This article appeared in the Asia Institute's Melbourne Asia Review on September 7 2023.
Behind the ‘Red Curtain’: Decoding China’s institutional logics
December
By Marina Zhang
Note: This article appeared in Pearls and Irritations, a public affairs blog, on August 28 2023.
Over the past three decades, Australia’s economic growth owes much to China’s voracious demand for natural resources. However, beneath this symbiotic economic relationship lies a complex web of political and geostrategic considerations.
Australia-China monthly wrap-up: July 2023
December
By Elena Collinson and Corey Lee Bell
Key points
- Foreign Minister Penny Wong meets with Director of the Chinese Communist Party Central Commission for Foreign Affairs Wang Yi; the PRC side offers a more optimistic assessment of the relationship than the Australian side, stating that relations have ‘stabilised, improved and developed’
Academic freedom needs protection from all stripes — not just China
December
Iran’s lithium lode: A potential strategic game-changer
December
By Marina Zhang
Note: This article appeared in the Lowy Institute’s blog, The Interpreter, on August 9 2023.
What Albanese could seek to achieve in China visit
December
Australian foreign policy is traditionally hitched to the US – but the rise of China requires a middle path for a middle power
December
By Mark Beeson
Note: This article appeared in The Conversation on August 1 2023.
Few nation-states have been shaped by their underlying physical geography and location in the world quite as much as Australia.