Hayes, Anna, and Ping, Jonathan (2023) Australia’s opportunity to help China be mindful of the society of states. The Strategist, 3 November 2023.

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Abstract

[Extract] At their press conference last week, US President Joe Biden recounted to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese a conversation he’d had with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Xi asked him why the US was ‘working so hard’ with Australia, to which Biden replied, ‘We’re a Pacific nation, the US. We are, and we’re going to stay that way.’

During many trips to China, we’ve had similar conversations with interlocutors who have questioned the Australia–US relationship, asking why Australia doesn’t ‘choose China’. Often, they’re unaware of Australia’s long security relationship with the US, particularly its role in Australia’s defence during World War II. Moreover, mutual respect and communication often count more than economics and geographic proximity. Beijing attributes this type of misinterpretation to an ‘information deficit’.

Item ID:	82939
Item Type:	Article (Commentary)
Keywords:	Xi Jinping, Anthony Albanese, Australia-China relations, Belt and Road Initiative
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Date Deposited:	11 Jun 2024 01:52
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