This article first published today's headlines, Liu Fufeng Studio, author: Sun Yuliang
On May 6, 2021, the bilateral relationship between China and Australia fell to the "freezing point" since the establishment of diplomatic relations. The National Development and Reform Commission announced: Recently, some members of the Australian federal government have launched measures to interfere with and undermine normal exchanges and cooperation between the two countries based on Cold War mentality and ideological bias. Based on the current attitude of the Australian Federal Government towards China-Australia cooperation, from now on, all activities under the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue mechanism jointly led by the National Development and Reform Commission and the relevant departments of the Australian Federal Government will be suspended indefinitely.
What is the reason why China, which has always been open,took the initiative to close the door to economic dialogue with Australia? In a nutshell, the country's current federal government has committed the "old problem" of tearing up the agreement "hooliganized" without reason, without talking about the minimum national credit: on April 21, Australian Foreign Minister Maris Payne openly announced the tearing up of the "Belt and Road" memorandum and framework agreement signed by China with the Victorian government in Australia. In addition, Payne also threatened to terminate the previous contract with China on the 99-year lease of Port Darwin, and Australian Defense Minister Peter Dutton also said that Australia will decide whether to terminate the contract based on whether it is in the national interest. At present, Payne is reviewing thousands of similar projects, and other China-Australia cooperation projects may also be "hooligan" to clean up and break the contract.
Agreements, contracts, and agreements, which need to be maintained in good faith, in their view, can be turned into clouds, overturned into rain, and can be torn up at any time. Just like former US President Trump can "withdraw from the group" at will, Biden can "add the group" at will, and regard international organizations as a palm object.
Historically, Australia was a "rogue" country, a British colony, and the British regarded this "barren land" as a place of exile. On 18 January 1788, the First Fleet, led by Captain Philip of England, with a fleet of 1,530 men in six ships, arrived in The Botanical Bay of Australia with 736 prisoners. It was these prisoners who established the first British colonial district in Australia, which is today's Sydney. Sydney was the name of the British Home Secretary at the time, and in honor of him, the prisoners named Australia's first colonial district after him.
Australia is not a borderland, this place has been inhabited by indigenous people as early as 40,000 years ago, and when Europeans invaded this place, there were 750,000 indigenous Australians. But under the blatant expropriation of land by the British "hooligans", these natives were either slaughtered, forced into slavery, or forced to leave their homeland, just as the tragic fate of the Indians at the founding of the United States was. Even more infuriating is that when the Australian Federation was established on January 1, 1901, it excluded Australia's indigenous people from the census and classified them as "animal groups". In 1933, The Number of Aboriginal Australians fell to around 70,000, meaning that more than 90 per cent of Aboriginal people died of various causes.
Australia's interaction with China began with "bad relations.". In 1900, when the Eight-Power Alliance invaded China, Australia had not yet established a commonwealth, but was only a British colony. Therefore, the "hooligans" in Australia participated in the invasion of China as Britain's "servant army", and although they were "accomplices", they were also executioners stained with the blood of Chinese. During the Korean War, Australia was one of the Seventeen-Nation Coalition, sending elite units of Navy, Army and Air Force, including two infantry battalions, three destroyers, a fighter squadron and an air transport squadron. Moreover, during the war, Australia strongly advocated breaking through the "38th Line" and annexing Korea, which fully demonstrated the fierce character of a rogue country. However, the Australian army was harshly taught a lesson by the Chinese volunteers, and 1416 people were killed, wounded or captured and missing.
Australia and China had a good time after the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1972, when Australia's "rogue" personality was somewhat restrained, in April 2006, the leaders of the two countries reached a consensus on the establishment of a "comprehensive cooperative relationship of mutual benefit and win-win cooperation in the 21st century" between China and Australia; in April 2013, the bilateral relations between China and Australia have a new upgrade, the two sides agreed to build a strategic partnership of mutual trust, mutual benefit and win-win results, officially launched the annual regular meeting mechanism between the two prime ministers, and determined the establishment of diplomatic and strategic dialogue. Strategic economic dialogue and other mechanisms, the economic and trade sectors have also carried out direct transactions between the renminbi and the Australian dollar.
The "evil relations" between China and Australia are directly linked to the "evil relations" between China and the United States. The former US president fought a trade war with China, and the current US president "united" allies to encircle, contain and suppress China, as one of the "Five Eyes Alliance", the hardcore "little brother" of the United States, Australia played the role of anti-China "vanguard" and "pawn". In the military field, Australian public opinion has hyped up the "Taiwan Strait War", the Australian Defense Minister advocated that "in the Indo-Pacific region or within 10 years or war", Australia will be involved; The Secretary-General of the Australian Home Office Michael Pezoolo issued an article saying that Australia must be prepared to "send our fighters to fight again". In the waters of the South China Sea on China's doorstep, in addition to the "show muscles" of the US aircraft carrier, Australia is not idle, and last month it sent the frigate "Anzac" and the supply ship "Sirius" to carry out a joint maritime exercise between the French and Australian militaries. Thousands of miles to run to the doorstep of China to train, Sima Zhao's heart, passers-by are well known.
China is sincerely seeking international economic cooperation, but it cannot help but have a "hooligan" personality in some foreign countries and not pay attention to honesty. As a result, China decided not to tolerate adultery, to accommodate the wanton behavior of the "rogue" government, and to decisively cut off economic dialogue with Australia. When you encounter a government that does not pay attention to integrity, this business cannot be done. Moreover, China's actions were completely forced by the Australian federal government. From 2015 to 2020, Australia's trade surplus with China accounted for 80% of the total trade surplus, reaching US$46.846 billion in 2020. He didn't want to make that money, so we stopped giving him that opportunity.
Where will China-Australia relations go in the future? Again, listen to what he says, and watch his deeds. Australia is "open" to China's cutting off the economic dialogue window, so let him shout at the window sill! They don't value opportunities, so why should we stick hot faces to his cold ass? To deal with the "hooligan", the fist must be hard to force him to make some sense.