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澳端着中国饭碗砸中国锅
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4月18日，澳大利亚反倾销委员会发布公告，正式对原产于中国的铁道轮毂发起反倾销反补贴调查。此举距离美国宣布对中国产钢制轮毂产品发起“双反”调查，仅隔数小时。
此前一段时间，“中国渗透论”、“中国威胁论”等反华言论在澳大利亚政界及部分媒体甚嚣尘上。澳前驻华大使杰夫·拉比认为，目前两国关系处于近30年来最坏状态。
究其原因，澳大利亚对华战略的“分裂症”恐怕难逃其咎。端着中国饭碗，又砸中国锅，澳大利亚不够厚道。
亦步亦趋，对华敌意不减
近来，在对华“挑事”方面，澳大利亚紧跟美国，亦步亦趋，不止一次。
据悉，在美国“封杀”华为和中兴通讯这两家中国厂商生产的手机之后，澳大利亚国防部发言人日前证实，根据美国政府的警告，他们正在逐步淘汰这两个中国品牌的手机。
而在此前，随着美国特朗普政府接连在国家安全战略报告及国防战略报告中，将中国列为“战略竞争对手”，澳大利亚国内有关“中国威胁论”、“中国渗透论”的调门也明显提高。
2月底，在出访美国之前，澳大利亚总理特恩布尔对媒体称，中国不是澳大利亚的威胁，“没有任何敌意”。然而，不少外媒认为，特恩布尔的表态并未改变澳大利亚对中国的深深戒心。
英国《卫报》直言，特恩布尔虽然嘴上说着不视中国为威胁，实际却已引入一揽子防外国干涉法案。
澳《悉尼先驱晨报》称，特恩布尔暗示了自己看待中国的方式和特朗普类似，但美国似乎正在对华采取更加怀疑的态度。
澳大利亚此后的种种举动似乎应证了这一点。
3月，澳大利亚—东盟峰会在悉尼举行，这是双方自2016年以来举办的第二次峰会，也是澳大利亚首次举办与东盟领导人的会议。
虽然此次会议议题没有直接指向中国，但外媒普遍认为，澳大利亚此时拉着东盟国家开会，与中国不无关系。
《卫报》指出，东盟被澳大利亚视为对抗中国不断增长的经济、军事、战略影响力的重要力量。
澳大利亚外长毕晓普在会前老调重弹，声称遵守国际法是处理地区冲突的关键，也被一些媒体解读为澳大利亚试图与东盟营造一个“应对中国安全挑战的战略同盟”。
忽左忽右，冷战思维作祟
“近段时间，澳大利亚国内正在进行补选，现任政府优势微弱，面临考验，华裔选票的重要分量让政府对所谓的‘中国渗透’格外敏感；另外，特朗普政府将中国定为‘战略竞争对手’，作为美国同盟，澳大利亚选择跟随，在安全互信等议题上与中国形成对立。”中国社科院亚太与全球战略研究院研究员许利平在接受本报记者采访时分析称，这是澳大利亚最近反华调门提高的两个主要因素。
不过，澳大利亚对待中国并不全是“任性”。仔细观察，长期以来，在对华政策上，澳大利亚更多是处于忽左忽右、摇摆不定的状态。
中国社科院海疆问题专家、中国海洋发展研究中心研究员王晓鹏向本报记者具体分析了澳大利亚的“拧巴”表现：“一方面，澳大利亚在经贸领域高度依赖中国，并且需要通过与中国的全方位合作实现亚太尤其是南太平洋地区的稳定秩序，为自身发展创造良好环境；另一方面，在安全、政治等议题上，澳大利亚往往追随美国等个别域外大国，在南海问题上挑动事端，同时戴着有色眼镜看待中国的正常海外合作。”
在这背后，实为澳大利亚既放不下中国饭碗、又忍不住砸中国锅的矛盾心理。
数据显示，2017年，澳大利亚80%的铁矿石出口中国。同时，中国还是澳大利亚的第三大农产品出口市场。英国广播公司指出，与中国等国的贸易顺差，是澳大利亚经济在近25年来持续繁荣的重要支撑。“澳大利亚希望实现经济的稳定增长，而与中国的经贸合作对其而言是战略性的。”王晓鹏说。
与此同时，自居为西方阵营的一员，澳大利亚既摆脱不了对美国的安全依赖，又想在亚太尤其是南太平洋地区保持所谓的战略优势。
许利平指出，正是这样一种“心理分裂症”，导致澳大利亚总是试图在经济和政治安全方面寻求一种平衡。英国广播公司更为直接地分析称，平衡与美国和中国的关系，成为澳大利亚国家战略与外交政策中的最紧迫问题。
想要的太多，结果只能是心理失衡，最终什么也捞不着。
“究其根本，澳大利亚还是抱着一种冷战思维，无法正确看待中国正常的综合国力增长和海外影响力扩大，由此在外交决策方面出现偏差。”王晓鹏说。
互信互利，才是长久之计
在澳大利亚国内，刺耳的反华言论以及由此带给中澳关系的负面影响已经引起商界和不少学者的深深忧虑。
澳大利亚矿业大亨安德鲁·福里斯特称，联盟党、工党和绿党的反华言论使所有澳大利亚人付出高昂代价。上海澳大利亚商会主席乌多·多林直言，如果关系继续恶化，对企业没有好处。
在此之前，30名澳大利亚知名学者还发表致澳大利亚议会的公开信，呼吁各界停止所谓“中国影响力渗透”的争论，并要求澳政府推迟通过“抵制外国影响力”法案。
其实，明眼人都知道，澳大利亚完全没有必要对中国抱有敌意或疑虑。
“现实情况是，中国在安全上并不对澳大利亚构成实质性威胁，也与澳大利亚不存在任何领土纠纷。”许利平指出，围绕安全等议题的炒作，无非是一些政党为了争取选票和支持的短见之举。
如果眼光长远，澳大利亚政府应该看清一个事实：长期执政的基础是民众支持，民众支持源自实实在在的获得感，而这份获得感离不开中国这个全球最大的市场。
澳大利亚统计局18日公布数据显示，中国已经超越新西兰成为澳大利亚最大的国际游客来源国。澳大利亚贸易、旅游和投资部长乔博称，自2011年以来，中国一直是澳大利亚最具价值的旅游市场，2017年中国游客在澳消费达到创纪录的104亿澳元。
“目前，除了经贸往来之外，中澳之间的人文交流也日益密切，这些都是澳大利亚难以割舍的红利。”许利平说。
“对澳大利亚来说，中澳关系是最重要的双边关系之一。如果澳大利亚能够站位更高，定位更准，目光更为长远，那么双方存在的一些分歧就能得到有效管控和良好解决。”王晓鹏指出，中澳之间不乏对话协商的平台，关键在于澳大利亚能否站在一个正确的角度处理对华关系。
看待中国，澳大利亚真该收收杞人忧天之心，治治对华心理的“分裂症”。（严瑜）
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Australia holds Chinese rice bowl and Chinese pot
2018-04-21 07:33:18 Source: People's Daily Overseas Edition
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On April 18, the Australian Anti-Dumping Committee issued an announcement formally launching an anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation against the railway wheels originating in China. This move from the United States announced the launch of a "double reverse" investigation on Chinese steel wheel hub products, only a few hours apart.
Some time ago, anti-China speeches such as "China Penetration Theory" and "China Threat Theory" were spurred on by Australian political circles and some media. The former Australian ambassador to China Jeff Rabbi believes that the current relations between the two countries are in the worst state in the past 30 years.
The reason for this is that Australia’s strategy for “schizophrenia” in China may not be able to flee. Holding Chinese rice bowls and licking Chinese pots, Australia is not good enough.
Steps and steps, hostility towards China continues unabated
Recently, Australia has followed the United States with regard to the “picking” of China. It has followed more steps than ever.
It is reported that after the United States "blocked" mobile phones produced by two Chinese manufacturers, Huawei and ZTE, an Australian Department of Defense spokesman confirmed that they are phasing out the two Chinese brands of mobile phones according to the US government's warning.
Earlier, as the US Trump administration successively listed China as a "strategic competitor" in its national security strategy report and national defense strategy report, Australia's internal control of the "China threat theory" and "China penetration theory" also Significantly improved.
At the end of February, prior to his visit to the United States, Australian Prime Minister Turnbull told the media that China was not a threat to Australia and “no hostility”. However, many foreign media believe that Turnbull's position does not change Australia's deep-rooted wariness with China.
The British "Guardian" bluntly stated that although Turnbull said that he did not regard China as a threat, he actually introduced a package of foreign interference laws.
Australian "Sydney Morning Herald" said that Turnbull has implied that he treats China in a similar way to Trump, but the United States seems to be taking a more skeptical attitude towards China.
Australia’s subsequent moves seem to confirm this.
In March, the Australia-ASEAN summit was held in Sydney. This is the second summit between the two sides since 2016 and is the first time that Australia has held a meeting with ASEAN leaders.
Although the topics of the meeting did not directly point to China, foreign media generally believed that Australia is holding ASEAN countries at a meeting and is not unrelated to China.
The Guardian pointed out that ASEAN is seen by Australia as an important force against China’s growing economic, military, and strategic influence.
Australian Foreign Minister Bi Xiaopu reiterated his old tone before the meeting, claiming that compliance with international law is the key to dealing with regional conflicts. It was also interpreted by some media as Australia's attempt to create a "strategic alliance with China's security challenges" with ASEAN.
Suddenly left and right, thinking about the Cold War
“In recent times, Australia is conducting by-elections. The current government has weak advantages and faces trials. The important weight of Chinese voters has made the government particularly sensitive to the so-called 'Chinese penetration'. In addition, the Trump administration has made China a 'strategic competition'. The opponent's, as the U.S. alliance and Australia chose to follow, formed opposition to China on topics such as mutual trust in security.” Xu Liping, a research fellow at the Asia-Pacific and Global Strategy Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said in an interview with this reporter that this is Australia’s most recent The two main factors of anti-Chinese adjustment are:
However, Australia’s treatment of China is not all “pretentious”. Observing carefully, for a long period of time, Australia has been more and more in a state of flamboyant and erratic policy on China.
Wang Xiaopeng, an expert on the maritime issues at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and a researcher at the China Ocean Development Research Center, gave a detailed analysis of Australia’s “twisted-bar” performance to this reporter: “On the one hand, Australia is highly dependent on China in the economic and trade field and needs to pass through all directions with China. Cooperation achieves stable order in the Asia-Pacific region, especially in the South Pacific region, and creates a good environment for its own development. On the other hand, in terms of security and politics, Australia tends to follow the United States and other individual extra-territory countries to stir troubles on the South China Sea issue while wearing Colored glasses look at China's normal overseas cooperation."
Behind this, it is indeed Australia's ambivalence to not only fit the Chinese rice bowl, but also cannot help licking the Chinese pot.
The data shows that in 2017, 80% of Australia's iron ore was exported to China. At the same time, China is Australia’s third largest agricultural product export market. The BBC pointed out that the trade surplus with China and other countries is an important support for the Australian economy’s continued prosperity in the past 25 years. "Australia hopes to achieve stable economic growth, and economic and trade cooperation with China is strategic for it." Wang Xiaopeng said.
At the same time, since he is a member of the Western camp, Australia is not only unable to rely on the security of the United States, but also wants to maintain a so-called strategic advantage in the Asia Pacific region, especially in the South Pacific region.
Xu Liping pointed out that such a "psychological schizophrenia" has led Australia to always seek a balance between economic and political security. The BBC analyzed it more directly and stated that balancing the relationship with the United States and China has become the most pressing issue in Australia’s national strategy and foreign policy.
If you want too much, the result can only be a psychological imbalance, and eventually you can't get anything out of it.
"After all, Australia still embraces a cold war mentality and cannot properly view China’s normal overall national strength and overseas influence. This has led to deviations in foreign policy decisions," Wang Xiaopeng said.
Mutual trust and mutual benefit are the lasting measures
In Australia, the harsh anti-China speech and the negative impact it has brought to China-Australia relations have caused deep concern among the business community and many scholars.
Andrew Forrest, the Australian mining tycoon, said that the anti-China speeches of the coalition parties, Labor Party and the Green Party cost all Australians a high price. Udo Doreen, chairman of the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, bluntly stated that if the relationship continues to deteriorate, it will not benefit the business.
Prior to this, 30 well-known Australian scholars also published an open letter to the Australian Parliament, calling on all sectors to stop the so-called "China's influence penetration" debate and asked the Australian government to postpone the "boycott foreign influence" bill.
In fact, people with discerning eyes know that Australia does not have any need to host China's hostility or doubts.
“The reality is that China does not pose a substantive threat to Australia in terms of security, nor does it have any territorial disputes with Australia.” Xu Liping pointed out that the hype surrounding issues such as security is nothing more than a short-listed view of some political parties in order to win votes and support. Act of.
If the vision is long-term, the Australian government should see a fact: The basis of long-term governance is popular support, and people's support comes from a real sense of gain. This sense of gain cannot be separated from China, the world's largest market.
According to data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on the 18th, China has surpassed New Zealand to become Australia’s largest source of international tourists. Australian Trade, Tourism and Investment Minister Qiao Bo said that since 2011, China has been Australia's most valuable tourism market. In 2017, Chinese tourists spending in Australia reached a record high of 10.4 billion Australian dollars.
“Currently, in addition to economic and trade exchanges, people-to-people exchanges between China and Australia have also become increasingly close. These are dividends that are difficult for Australia to divest,” said Xu Liping.
“For Australia, Sino-Australian relations are one of the most important bilateral relations. If Australia can maintain a higher position, a more accurate positioning and a longer-term vision, then some of the differences between the two sides can be effectively managed and resolved. "Wang Xiaopeng pointed out that there is no shortage of platforms for dialogue and negotiation between China and Australia. The key lies in whether Australia can handle relations with China from a correct angle.
Looking at China, Australia should really accept the worry of the world and treat the psychological "schizophrenia" in China. (Yan Yu)
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4月18日，澳大利亚反倾销委员会发布公告，正式对原产于中国的铁道轮毂发起反倾销反补贴调查。此举距离美国宣布对中国产钢制轮毂产品发起“双反”调查，仅隔数小时。
此前一段时间，“中国渗透论”、“中国威胁论”等反华言论在澳大利亚政界及部分媒体甚嚣尘上。澳前驻华大使杰夫·拉比认为，目前两国关系处于近30年来最坏状态。
究其原因，澳大利亚对华战略的“分裂症”恐怕难逃其咎。端着中国饭碗，又砸中国锅，澳大利亚不够厚道。
亦步亦趋，对华敌意不减
近来，在对华“挑事”方面，澳大利亚紧跟美国，亦步亦趋，不止一次。
据悉，在美国“封杀”华为和中兴通讯这两家中国厂商生产的手机之后，澳大利亚国防部发言人日前证实，根据美国政府的警告，他们正在逐步淘汰这两个中国品牌的手机。
而在此前，随着美国特朗普政府接连在国家安全战略报告及国防战略报告中，将中国列为“战略竞争对手”，澳大利亚国内有关“中国威胁论”、“中国渗透论”的调门也明显提高。
2月底，在出访美国之前，澳大利亚总理特恩布尔对媒体称，中国不是澳大利亚的威胁，“没有任何敌意”。然而，不少外媒认为，特恩布尔的表态并未改变澳大利亚对中国的深深戒心。
英国《卫报》直言，特恩布尔虽然嘴上说着不视中国为威胁，实际却已引入一揽子防外国干涉法案。
澳《悉尼先驱晨报》称，特恩布尔暗示了自己看待中国的方式和特朗普类似，但美国似乎正在对华采取更加怀疑的态度。
澳大利亚此后的种种举动似乎应证了这一点。
3月，澳大利亚—东盟峰会在悉尼举行，这是双方自2016年以来举办的第二次峰会，也是澳大利亚首次举办与东盟领导人的会议。
虽然此次会议议题没有直接指向中国，但外媒普遍认为，澳大利亚此时拉着东盟国家开会，与中国不无关系。
《卫报》指出，东盟被澳大利亚视为对抗中国不断增长的经济、军事、战略影响力的重要力量。
澳大利亚外长毕晓普在会前老调重弹，声称遵守国际法是处理地区冲突的关键，也被一些媒体解读为澳大利亚试图与东盟营造一个“应对中国安全挑战的战略同盟”。
忽左忽右，冷战思维作祟
“近段时间，澳大利亚国内正在进行补选，现任政府优势微弱，面临考验，华裔选票的重要分量让政府对所谓的‘中国渗透’格外敏感；另外，特朗普政府将中国定为‘战略竞争对手’，作为美国同盟，澳大利亚选择跟随，在安全互信等议题上与中国形成对立。”中国社科院亚太与全球战略研究院研究员许利平在接受本报记者采访时分析称，这是澳大利亚最近反华调门提高的两个主要因素。
不过，澳大利亚对待中国并不全是“任性”。仔细观察，长期以来，在对华政策上，澳大利亚更多是处于忽左忽右、摇摆不定的状态。
中国社科院海疆问题专家、中国海洋发展研究中心研究员王晓鹏向本报记者具体分析了澳大利亚的“拧巴”表现：“一方面，澳大利亚在经贸领域高度依赖中国，并且需要通过与中国的全方位合作实现亚太尤其是南太平洋地区的稳定秩序，为自身发展创造良好环境；另一方面，在安全、政治等议题上，澳大利亚往往追随美国等个别域外大国，在南海问题上挑动事端，同时戴着有色眼镜看待中国的正常海外合作。”
在这背后，实为澳大利亚既放不下中国饭碗、又忍不住砸中国锅的矛盾心理。
数据显示，2017年，澳大利亚80%的铁矿石出口中国。同时，中国还是澳大利亚的第三大农产品出口市场。英国广播公司指出，与中国等国的贸易顺差，是澳大利亚经济在近25年来持续繁荣的重要支撑。“澳大利亚希望实现经济的稳定增长，而与中国的经贸合作对其而言是战略性的。”王晓鹏说。
与此同时，自居为西方阵营的一员，澳大利亚既摆脱不了对美国的安全依赖，又想在亚太尤其是南太平洋地区保持所谓的战略优势。
许利平指出，正是这样一种“心理分裂症”，导致澳大利亚总是试图在经济和政治安全方面寻求一种平衡。英国广播公司更为直接地分析称，平衡与美国和中国的关系，成为澳大利亚国家战略与外交政策中的最紧迫问题。
想要的太多，结果只能是心理失衡，最终什么也捞不着。
“究其根本，澳大利亚还是抱着一种冷战思维，无法正确看待中国正常的综合国力增长和海外影响力扩大，由此在外交决策方面出现偏差。”王晓鹏说。
互信互利，才是长久之计
在澳大利亚国内，刺耳的反华言论以及由此带给中澳关系的负面影响已经引起商界和不少学者的深深忧虑。
澳大利亚矿业大亨安德鲁·福里斯特称，联盟党、工党和绿党的反华言论使所有澳大利亚人付出高昂代价。上海澳大利亚商会主席乌多·多林直言，如果关系继续恶化，对企业没有好处。
在此之前，30名澳大利亚知名学者还发表致澳大利亚议会的公开信，呼吁各界停止所谓“中国影响力渗透”的争论，并要求澳政府推迟通过“抵制外国影响力”法案。
其实，明眼人都知道，澳大利亚完全没有必要对中国抱有敌意或疑虑。
“现实情况是，中国在安全上并不对澳大利亚构成实质性威胁，也与澳大利亚不存在任何领土纠纷。”许利平指出，围绕安全等议题的炒作，无非是一些政党为了争取选票和支持的短见之举。
如果眼光长远，澳大利亚政府应该看清一个事实：长期执政的基础是民众支持，民众支持源自实实在在的获得感，而这份获得感离不开中国这个全球最大的市场。
澳大利亚统计局18日公布数据显示，中国已经超越新西兰成为澳大利亚最大的国际游客来源国。澳大利亚贸易、旅游和投资部长乔博称，自2011年以来，中国一直是澳大利亚最具价值的旅游市场，2017年中国游客在澳消费达到创纪录的104亿澳元。
“目前，除了经贸往来之外，中澳之间的人文交流也日益密切，这些都是澳大利亚难以割舍的红利。”许利平说。
“对澳大利亚来说，中澳关系是最重要的双边关系之一。如果澳大利亚能够站位更高，定位更准，目光更为长远，那么双方存在的一些分歧就能得到有效管控和良好解决。”王晓鹏指出，中澳之间不乏对话协商的平台，关键在于澳大利亚能否站在一个正确的角度处理对华关系。
看待中国，澳大利亚真该收收杞人忧天之心，治治对华心理的“分裂症”。（严瑜）
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Australia holds Chinese rice bowl and Chinese pot
2018-04-21 07:33:18 Source: People's Daily Overseas Edition
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On April 18, the Australian Anti-Dumping Committee issued an announcement formally launching an anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation against the railway wheels originating in China. This move from the United States announced the launch of a "double reverse" investigation on Chinese steel wheel hub products, only a few hours apart.
Some time ago, anti-China speeches such as "China Penetration Theory" and "China Threat Theory" were spurred on by Australian political circles and some media. The former Australian ambassador to China Jeff Rabbi believes that the current relations between the two countries are in the worst state in the past 30 years.
The reason for this is that Australia’s strategy for “schizophrenia” in China may not be able to flee. Holding Chinese rice bowls and licking Chinese pots, Australia is not good enough.
Steps and steps, hostility towards China continues unabated
Recently, Australia has followed the United States with regard to the “picking” of China. It has followed more steps than ever.
It is reported that after the United States "blocked" mobile phones produced by two Chinese manufacturers, Huawei and ZTE, an Australian Department of Defense spokesman confirmed that they are phasing out the two Chinese brands of mobile phones according to the US government's warning.
Earlier, as the US Trump administration successively listed China as a "strategic competitor" in its national security strategy report and national defense strategy report, Australia's internal control of the "China threat theory" and "China penetration theory" also Significantly improved.
At the end of February, prior to his visit to the United States, Australian Prime Minister Turnbull told the media that China was not a threat to Australia and “no hostility”. However, many foreign media believe that Turnbull's position does not change Australia's deep-rooted wariness with China.
The British "Guardian" bluntly stated that although Turnbull said that he did not regard China as a threat, he actually introduced a package of foreign interference laws.
Australian "Sydney Morning Herald" said that Turnbull has implied that he treats China in a similar way to Trump, but the United States seems to be taking a more skeptical attitude towards China.
Australia’s subsequent moves seem to confirm this.
In March, the Australia-ASEAN summit was held in Sydney. This is the second summit between the two sides since 2016 and is the first time that Australia has held a meeting with ASEAN leaders.
Although the topics of the meeting did not directly point to China, foreign media generally believed that Australia is holding ASEAN countries at a meeting and is not unrelated to China.
The Guardian pointed out that ASEAN is seen by Australia as an important force against China’s growing economic, military, and strategic influence.
Australian Foreign Minister Bi Xiaopu reiterated his old tone before the meeting, claiming that compliance with international law is the key to dealing with regional conflicts. It was also interpreted by some media as Australia's attempt to create a "strategic alliance with China's security challenges" with ASEAN.
Suddenly left and right, thinking about the Cold War
“In recent times, Australia is conducting by-elections. The current government has weak advantages and faces trials. The important weight of Chinese voters has made the government particularly sensitive to the so-called 'Chinese penetration'. In addition, the Trump administration has made China a 'strategic competition'. The opponent's, as the U.S. alliance and Australia chose to follow, formed opposition to China on topics such as mutual trust in security.” Xu Liping, a research fellow at the Asia-Pacific and Global Strategy Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said in an interview with this reporter that this is Australia’s most recent The two main factors of anti-Chinese adjustment are:
However, Australia’s treatment of China is not all “pretentious”. Observing carefully, for a long period of time, Australia has been more and more in a state of flamboyant and erratic policy on China.
Wang Xiaopeng, an expert on the maritime issues at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and a researcher at the China Ocean Development Research Center, gave a detailed analysis of Australia’s “twisted-bar” performance to this reporter: “On the one hand, Australia is highly dependent on China in the economic and trade field and needs to pass through all directions with China. Cooperation achieves stable order in the Asia-Pacific region, especially in the South Pacific region, and creates a good environment for its own development. On the other hand, in terms of security and politics, Australia tends to follow the United States and other individual extra-territory countries to stir troubles on the South China Sea issue while wearing Colored glasses look at China's normal overseas cooperation."
Behind this, it is indeed Australia's ambivalence to not only fit the Chinese rice bowl, but also cannot help licking the Chinese pot.
The data shows that in 2017, 80% of Australia's iron ore was exported to China. At the same time, China is Australia’s third largest agricultural product export market. The BBC pointed out that the trade surplus with China and other countries is an important support for the Australian economy’s continued prosperity in the past 25 years. "Australia hopes to achieve stable economic growth, and economic and trade cooperation with China is strategic for it." Wang Xiaopeng said.
At the same time, since he is a member of the Western camp, Australia is not only unable to rely on the security of the United States, but also wants to maintain a so-called strategic advantage in the Asia Pacific region, especially in the South Pacific region.
Xu Liping pointed out that such a "psychological schizophrenia" has led Australia to always seek a balance between economic and political security. The BBC analyzed it more directly and stated that balancing the relationship with the United States and China has become the most pressing issue in Australia’s national strategy and foreign policy.
If you want too much, the result can only be a psychological imbalance, and eventually you can't get anything out of it.
"After all, Australia still embraces a cold war mentality and cannot properly view China’s normal overall national strength and overseas influence. This has led to deviations in foreign policy decisions," Wang Xiaopeng said.
Mutual trust and mutual benefit are the lasting measures
In Australia, the harsh anti-China speech and the negative impact it has brought to China-Australia relations have caused deep concern among the business community and many scholars.
Andrew Forrest, the Australian mining tycoon, said that the anti-China speeches of the coalition parties, Labor Party and the Green Party cost all Australians a high price. Udo Doreen, chairman of the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, bluntly stated that if the relationship continues to deteriorate, it will not benefit the business.
Prior to this, 30 well-known Australian scholars also published an open letter to the Australian Parliament, calling on all sectors to stop the so-called "China's influence penetration" debate and asked the Australian government to postpone the "boycott foreign influence" bill.
In fact, people with discerning eyes know that Australia does not have any need to host China's hostility or doubts.
“The reality is that China does not pose a substantive threat to Australia in terms of security, nor does it have any territorial disputes with Australia.” Xu Liping pointed out that the hype surrounding issues such as security is nothing more than a short-listed view of some political parties in order to win votes and support. Act of.
If the vision is long-term, the Australian government should see a fact: The basis of long-term governance is popular support, and people's support comes from a real sense of gain. This sense of gain cannot be separated from China, the world's largest market.
According to data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on the 18th, China has surpassed New Zealand to become Australia’s largest source of international tourists. Australian Trade, Tourism and Investment Minister Qiao Bo said that since 2011, China has been Australia's most valuable tourism market. In 2017, Chinese tourists spending in Australia reached a record high of 10.4 billion Australian dollars.
“Currently, in addition to economic and trade exchanges, people-to-people exchanges between China and Australia have also become increasingly close. These are dividends that are difficult for Australia to divest,” said Xu Liping.
“For Australia, Sino-Australian relations are one of the most important bilateral relations. If Australia can maintain a higher position, a more accurate positioning and a longer-term vision, then some of the differences between the two sides can be effectively managed and resolved. "Wang Xiaopeng pointed out that there is no shortage of platforms for dialogue and negotiation between China and Australia. The key lies in whether Australia can handle relations with China from a correct angle.
Looking at China, Australia should really accept the worry of the world and treat the psychological "schizophrenia" in China. (Yan Yu)
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