Tuesday, 9 June 2020

China tries to step up pressure on Australia with warning to students

Posted to Facebook on 10/6/2020 2:33 AM
Commenting on “China tries to step up pressure on Australia with warning to students”
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3088254/china-seeks-step-pressure-australia-warning-students-risk

My warning about Australian government kept antagonising China would backfire, jeopardising Australian export, international education and tourism is not ill-founded.

It took a lot of hard work for late former PM Gough William to pave the way to Beijing, and developed relationship with China. It also benefited the US President Nixon to have dialogue with China through the Ping Pong diplomacy. Former PM Kelvin Rudd also played a role in reinforcing that relationship during his term in office.

Why must the Coalition especially the Liberal component behave so poorly to create unnecessary tension with China? With a big financial sink hole caused by the Coronavirus pandemic to fill, Australian economic downward slide may not see daylight for a long, long time without the injection of money from the major investor, China.

Should the economy continue to go south, the only way to reverse the trend is to have a new government with a totally different set of foreign policies, including reduced association with the US, and be more independent to stand up to the allies, who are bullies in disguise.

May God save Australia!

Thank you for reading.