Why is Australia dragging its feet on China's Belt and Road?
December
By James Laurenceson and Xunpeng Shi
Note: This article appeared in The Diplomat, May 19 2017.
China’s massive Belt and Road Forum wrapped up in Beijing on Tuesday. At its conclusion, Australia’s representative, Trade and Investment Minister Steve Ciobo, issued a guarded statement.
China's economic clout and economic diplomacy
December
The Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI) at the University of Technology Sydney welcomed Dr James Reilly, Associate Professor in Northeast Asian Politics at the University of Sydney, to discuss the complexities and challenges of China's current policy settings.
How will China deploy its economic clout as well as its economic diplomacy?
Dr Reilly made reference to his forthcoming book, China's Economic Statecraft in Asia and Europe, due to be published later this year.
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Will Australia follow the Belt and Road?
December
By James Laurenceson
Note: This article appeared in East Asia Forum, May 14 2017.
Australia’s reluctance to participate in China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) harks back to its slow entry into the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). But this time it may be Australian state governments that push the federal government over the line, rather than decisions made by other countries.
CAG-ACRI South China Sea Conference Report
December
On February 10-11 2017 the Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI) at the University of Technology Sydney in collaboration with the Centre on Asia and Globalisation at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore co-hosted a conference on the South China Sea (SCS).
The Xi-Trump summit: A media survey
December
From April 6-7 2017 Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump met for the first time since Mr Trump’s inauguration. The Xi-Trump summit took place at Mr Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
Both Chinese and international media acknowledge there were few tangible outcomes from the Xi-Trump summit. However, the cordial tone and lack of controversy are generally considered positive steps towards ameliorating tensions in US-China relations during the first months of the Trump administration.
Premier Li Keqiang's Australia visit
December
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited Australia from March 22-26, attending official events and dialogues in both Canberra and Sydney. It was the first visit of a Chinese Premier to Australia in 11 years.
What Malcolm Turnbull should ask Li Keqiang about during this visit
December
By James Laurenceson
Note: This article appeared in The Australian Financial Review, March 22 2017.
When Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrives in Australia on Wednesday night, he and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will celebrate an economic relationship that is deeper and broader than ever before.
Canberra’s sensible South China Sea stand is contingent on continued pragmatism in Beijing
December
By Bob Carr
Note: This article appeared in The Australian, March 18 2017.
It’s a reasonable bet Australians would be more comfortable with a democratic China; that is, a China boasting competing political parties in an elected legislature, buttressed by robust freedom of expression.
John Howard on China
December
On March 3 2017 former Australian Prime Minister John Howard addressed an audience in Sydney at the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) annual Economic and Political Overview event.
Among other things he offered his assessment of the Australia-China and Australia-US relationships in the context of the new Trump administration.
Mr Howard said Australia’s policy toward China ‘should essentially be a continuation of what it’s been to date’, that Australia should not be forced to choose between the United States and China:[1]