Join @acri_uts tomorrow for a webinar discussing the impact of cyber, electromagnetic & space capabilities on a net assessment of the US/PRC military balance in the region with panellists @GregDAustin and Caitríona Heinl @AzureForum. 6pm AEST. Register: bit.ly/3NqyY3O
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Joint statement on the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Australia and the People’s Republic of China.
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Today marks the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Australia and China.
Australia seeks a stable relationship with China.
We will cooperate where we can,
disagree where we must and engage in the national interest.
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Comments in Nov. from PM Albanese on 🇹🇼's CPTPP accession looked to me like a gaff & not a shift in 🇦🇺's position (the gov.'s subsequent walk back is consistent w/ that interpretation).
But Kevin Magee offers a different & dramatic assessment:
"Despite claims to the contrary...
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The Australian Embassy, Beijing is closed for consular, notarial and passport appointments until Monday 19 December due to the current COVID situation in Beijing. The Embassy is staffed and operating during this period. 1/2
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ICYMI: the audio/video of @acri_uts webinar last week featuring both serving 🇦🇺/🇨🇳 ambassadors, as well as towering figures in 🇦🇺/🇨🇳 diplomacy, Dr Stephen Fitzgerald and Madame Fu Ying, is now available. An informative & insightful discussion. @UTSEngage australiachinarelations.org/…
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An absolute pleasure to take part in the 12th @ACYDialogue in Perth. Couldn’t imagine a more fitting theme than Managing Ambiguity to generate fascinating discussions among incredible delegates, resulting in optimistic, tangible strategies for advancing the 🇦🇺-🇨🇳 relationship.
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The travel advice for China has been updated. The level of advice has not been changed - we continue to advise you exercise a high degree of caution. Read more and subscribe to the travel advice on the Smartraveller website: smartraveller.gov.au/destina… 1/4⬇️
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Hello Kangaroo! 🦘 Hi Panda! 🐼
Chengdu Financial Tower was lightened up with #Kangaroo and #Panda to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of #Chengdu-#Perth Sister City Relationship in Nov 9 evening. 🤩
@Lin_Nan1 @BasilZempilas @CityofPerth @CNLongdingbin
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Fabulous evening at the @ACYDialogue Gala Dinner. Especially fascinating to hear from David Ambrose, Australia's first ever National Assessments Officer, about the current geo-strategic context. @BasilZempilas @Davekellymp @HayleySorensen
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Fabulous evening at the @ACYDialogue Gala Dinner. Especially fascinating to hear from David Ambrose, Australia's first ever National Assessments Officer, about the current geo-strategic context. @BasilZempilas @Davekellymp @HayleySorensen
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Richard Maude writes, "the bilateral meeting between Anthony Albanese and Xi Jinping in Bali in the margins of the G20 was the Prime Minister’s most anticipated bilateral engagement of “summit season”. What should we make of it?"
asiasociety.org/australia/wh…
@AsiaPolicy @AlboMP
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This shot from @smh - Australia's new(ish) Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets China's lame duck No.2 leader, Premier Li Keqiang, who is on the way out. Yes it's the highest level contact between Australian and Chinese leaders since 2019... but... Xi's the one that counts.
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With the 20th Party Congress, China has officially broken from decades of political and foreign policy pragmatism. The Deng era of Chinese politics is over. And the Xi era may have only just begun. An afterword in @ForeignAffairs to my recent cover story. foreignaffairs.com/china/ret…
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Who are China's new leaders? The CCP just announced its new Politburo Standing Committee
The result: a clean sweep for Xi allies and a consolidation of power unseen since the Mao era
1. Xi Jinping
2. Li Qiang
3. Zhao Leji
4. Wang Huning
5. Cai Qi
6. Ding Xuexiang
7. Li Xi
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Chinese people's adaptation resiliency: As Chinese govt cracks down on private tutoring, a new service arises --highly educated 'nannies'.
'Aunty Huang' here has BA & MA degrees in electrical engineering & fiber-optics, speaks English, plays the flute, and will babysit your kid.
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WEBINAR | Can the PRC's economy still become number one?
Professor Guanghua Wan will review the PRC's major growth drivers to date, before being interviewed by @j_laurenceson on the formidable challenges now being faced. October 26, 12.30pm - 1.30pm AEDT bit.ly/3RR223z
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NB:"China poses confounding dilemmas for Australia. We mustn’t underestimate the seriousness of threats to,eg, regional security. But the more we commit to understanding the country in all its complexity, the better we'll be at managing the relationship, & to judging the threats"
Linda Jaivin: “The overall Australian perspective on China is consequentially becoming impoverished and narrow.”: Why we are getting China so wrong afr.com/news/world/asia/why-…


































