Posted on 05/04/2020 1:40:22 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
The coronavirus pandemic is changing how the world sees China and has sparked “outrageous behaviour” towards Australia, say experts.
The behaviour of China’s diplomat in Australia this past week has been described as “outrageous” as experts contemplate whether it’s time to rethink the relationship between the two countries.
Lowy Institute executive director Michael Fullilove told Q&A on Monday night that the behaviour of Chinese diplomats in the past week had “focused a lot of minds in Australia and around the world about the kind of country we are dealing with”.
China lashed out at Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week, warning Australia’s call for an independent inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus would spark a travel and trade boycott.
“Maybe the ordinary people will say ‘Why should we drink Australian wine? Eat Australian beef?’,” Chinese Ambassador to Australia Cheng Jingye told the Australian Financial Review.
Mr Fullilove said Australia needed to keep “two things in our head at once” when considering its relationship with China.
“China is our most important economic partner, a country with which we have deep economic interests and we’re going to need those economic relationships even more as we come out of the coronavirus pandemic,” he said.
“But it’s also a super power, a country of 1.4 billion people — very different from Australia — run by a Leninist political system.”
He said Chinese diplomats were engaging more in “wolf warrior” diplomacy and pushing back hard against countries where they are based to impress Beijing and President Xi Jinping.
“I think we are seeing, the last week has seen outrageous behaviour I would say from China’s diplomatic representatives in Australia,” Mr Fullilove said.
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I guess my Q is:
Why wouldn’t “The World” see Communist China as it really was? From inception?
A government that would oppress its people, killing millions, should have been painfully obvious from the get-go
The sooner “The World” accepts that “Communism Sucks” the better off we will ALL be
A leftist's wet dream in terms of dealing with conservatives.
“Why wouldn’t “The World” see Communist China as it really was? From inception?”
Are you new here?
For years, lots of years, many posters here extolled the virtues of moving manufacturing to China. Let’s bring them into the world community they said. China would be a friend and ally they said. Besides, we can improve the bottom line and free Americans to do more creative jobs they said, (learn to code).
They were totally wrong, and gutting America and Americans for profit.
Then you have to learn to kowtow to the Emperor. Peasants.
Has anybody read that speech by a Chinese General in which he said that Australia is ripe for colonization?
If the Chinese were to try to invade Australia, the would find out two things:
1. the Aussies are very good guerrilla fighters
2. how deadly Australia really is.
“focused a lot of minds in Australia and around the world about the kind of country we are dealing with”.
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You’re dealing with a communist dictatorship.
Glad I could help.
They are barbarians with bombs. Beware the bastards.
- Human Rights Watch Australia director Elaine Pearson
It is bad when Human Rights Watch encourages others to stand up to China.
They also tried to convince us that increased commerce would cause change from within China. That it was in our interest for China to rise.
What has happened is we have made the People’s Liberation Army incredibly wealthy and they have been using that wealth to build arms and capabilities.
One of those capabilities is surveillance and suppression of their own population and Hong Kong.
Thye are even influencing media outlets in the US.
“They also tried to convince us that increased commerce would cause change from within China. That it was in our interest for China to rise.”
How could I forget that gem?!
Those people telling us the wonders of moving manufacturing to China were either darn straight up liars or simply too stupid to breathe. I can’t even count the number of insults and invitations to go back to the DU I got from those jerks.
Now that we deal with the Frankenstein they created, I sincerely hope karma comes to them all.
Dunno. I’m waiting for our exalted intel agencies and vaunted 5-eyes to bring forth irrefutable, crystal-clear proof.
Expensive sounds of silence...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAEppFUWLfc
One more thing...
Where’s Ghislaine, CONgre$$. Too dirty or more viral virus?
China called Australia the chewing gum on the bottom of it’s shoe.
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