Governmentâs insular and retrograde move
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April 23, 2021 â 12.03am
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BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE
Governmentâs insular and retrograde move
With its anachronistic mentality of the Cold War, the Morrison government has cancelled Victorianâs Belt and Road agreement with the Chinese government, as well as two Victorian government education agreements (The Age, 22/4). Foreign Minister Marise Payneâs declaration they they are âinconsistent with Australiaâs foreign policy or adverse to our foreign relationsâ has soured any hope of a gentle rapprochement with our largest trading partner and a healing of the political rift. Her assertion that China would not retaliate is naive at best.
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Handle dispute without inflaming the situation
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December 17, 2020 â 11.08pm
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CHINA
Handle dispute without inflaming the situation
Our government has decided to poke the Chinese dragon with a number of sticks, including blocking $14billion of foreign investment, some of which had been approved by the Foreign Investment Review Board, launching anti-dumping investigations and blocking Huawei from our 5G market. There has been criticism of Chinaâs human rights record and an independent inquiry on the origin of the coronavirus has been called for. The dragon is not happy and punitive measures are being applied, including restrictions on trade that will have a devastati