Tag Archives: America China Relations
Australia’s Abbott government, the Asia-Pacific region and the ‘China Divide’
Prime Minister (PM) Abbott arrived in China after a somewhat successful mission to Japan and South Korea recently, in acquiring trade benefits on some Australian exports. Broadly speaking, his visit to parts of the Asia-Pacific (AP) region has been hailed … Continue reading
A reply to : How many children’s lives will Tony’s jets cost?
A reply to the Australian Independent Media Network’s article (by Kaye Lee): How many children’s lives will Tony’s jets cost? This article raises some good points, however there are some tensions within it that I would like to address. Whilst … Continue reading
The Indonesia spy scandal and the future for Australia
Professor White of the ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre is right in his article in The Age, on 26 November, 2013: ‘Abbott playing with diplomatic fire in Asia.’ The level of incompetence shown by the Abbott government in dealing with … Continue reading
On the boil: Australia, China and the Western Pacific
There has been much debate, indeed sparring, recently about whether the coming decades will be the ‘Asian Century’ or a renewed ‘American Century’ as has been shown in The Age. With America progressing down the road of a more energy-sustainable … Continue reading
China, the Pacific and the waves it will create for Australia
At the present time for Australia the rise of China is not yet complete, but that is not to say Australians should be complacent to the challenges that its rise will bring. Nothing is more certain however, than as China … Continue reading
