"by attributing responsibility for relationship collapse to the Morrison government, these kinds of comments gloss over China’s actions and downplay the freedom that Beijing had to not direct coercive economic and diplomatic attacks against Canberra"?
Seriously? How much abuse should China tolerate from us?
We had complete freedom not to insult, attack and lie about China but, chose instead to urge war, as the Lowy Institute's Natasha Kassam pointed out, "No other country in the world – not Taiwan, Japan or South Korea – is talking about the likelihood of war with China on a day-to-day basis. Only Australia”.
Canberra has a long history of violence, invasion, and exploitation of Asian neighbors including robbing the world’s poorest country, Timor Leste. The list below, though incomplete, is representative of Australia’s pettiness, nastiness and stupidity:
In contravention of ChAFTA, since 2019, Australia rejected a dozen Chinese investment projects and restricted areas like infrastructure, agriculture and animal husbandry on ambiguous, unfounded (and insulting) "national security concerns".
Australia launched 107 anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations of Chinese products, more than any (indeed, almost all) of China's other trading partners.
Australia politicized and stigmatized normal exchanges and cooperation, created barriers, and imposed restrictions like revoking visas for Chinese scholars, in parallel with America's identical, failed witch hunt.
Despite knowing that Covid-19 was endemic in Europe and the US before it reached China, Beijing requested a meeting with Australian officials prior to Scott Morrison’s press conference, to answer any questions and supply any data, but was ignored. The PM then told the media that international inspectors should be allowed access to China, “Weapons inspector-style, with the ability to kick open doors”.
Australia was the first non-littoral country to criticize China’s behavior in the South China Sea at the UN. China's claims in the SCS have not changed since 1989.
Australia outdid the US in demonizing the PRC’s Xinjiang and Hong Kong policies, while publicly alleging Chinese cyberattacks – none of which was ever proven, or even evidenced.
Australian politicians and media fell silent when the US refused to sign the UN resolution permitting a WHO investigation like China’s.
Canberra cancelled several BRI agreements with China with no prior notification.
Canberra repeatedly sent Australian vessels to US “freedom of navigation exercises" near the Chinese coast.
Australia spearheaded a crusade against China in multilateral forums, like the United Nations, where it voted against China at every opportunity.
Perhaps worst of all was Australia's leading the world charge to cripple China's first world tech brand, Huawei. It was cruel, deliberate, expensive and utterly cynical because there was an is no evidence behind it. Just malice.
"by attributing responsibility for relationship collapse to the Morrison government, these kinds of comments gloss over China’s actions and downplay the freedom that Beijing had to not direct coercive economic and diplomatic attacks against Canberra"?
Seriously? How much abuse should China tolerate from us?
We had complete freedom not to insult, attack and lie about China but, chose instead to urge war, as the Lowy Institute's Natasha Kassam pointed out, "No other country in the world – not Taiwan, Japan or South Korea – is talking about the likelihood of war with China on a day-to-day basis. Only Australia”.
Canberra has a long history of violence, invasion, and exploitation of Asian neighbors including robbing the world’s poorest country, Timor Leste. The list below, though incomplete, is representative of Australia’s pettiness, nastiness and stupidity:
In contravention of ChAFTA, since 2019, Australia rejected a dozen Chinese investment projects and restricted areas like infrastructure, agriculture and animal husbandry on ambiguous, unfounded (and insulting) "national security concerns".
Australia launched 107 anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations of Chinese products, more than any (indeed, almost all) of China's other trading partners.
Australia politicized and stigmatized normal exchanges and cooperation, created barriers, and imposed restrictions like revoking visas for Chinese scholars, in parallel with America's identical, failed witch hunt.
Despite knowing that Covid-19 was endemic in Europe and the US before it reached China, Beijing requested a meeting with Australian officials prior to Scott Morrison’s press conference, to answer any questions and supply any data, but was ignored. The PM then told the media that international inspectors should be allowed access to China, “Weapons inspector-style, with the ability to kick open doors”.
Australia was the first non-littoral country to criticize China’s behavior in the South China Sea at the UN. China's claims in the SCS have not changed since 1989.
Australia outdid the US in demonizing the PRC’s Xinjiang and Hong Kong policies, while publicly alleging Chinese cyberattacks – none of which was ever proven, or even evidenced.
Australian politicians and media fell silent when the US refused to sign the UN resolution permitting a WHO investigation like China’s.
Canberra cancelled several BRI agreements with China with no prior notification.
Canberra repeatedly sent Australian vessels to US “freedom of navigation exercises" near the Chinese coast.
Australia spearheaded a crusade against China in multilateral forums, like the United Nations, where it voted against China at every opportunity.
Perhaps worst of all was Australia's leading the world charge to cripple China's first world tech brand, Huawei. It was cruel, deliberate, expensive and utterly cynical because there was an is no evidence behind it. Just malice.
Rant continues here: https://herecomeschina.substack.com/p/what-australia-did-to-china-c64
Are you serious? This rant is quite removed from reaity.
From whose reality is it removed?
Perhaps the reality in which Ukraine is winning the war and about to retake Crimea?
Or the one in which the US Navy dominates the Pacific?