On the first day of work after the holiday, just when everyone had not fully recovered from the holiday state, the National Development and Reform Commission made a big news.
This China-Australia Strategic and Economic Dialogue may not be heard of by many people, but it is an important arrangement in the field of Bilateral Relations between China and Australia. The dialogue, which originated in 2014, is a project jointly led by the China Development and Reform Commission and the Australian Ministry of National Treasury, the Ministry of Trade and Investment, etc., and its main role is to promote mutual investment and mutual trade.
In 2014, 2015, and 2017, the dialogue was held three times, the last of which was held by Australia's main player, then Treasury Minister and current Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. A little-known fact is that after 2017, the China-Australia Strategic and Economic Dialogue has not been held again, and it is not known whether it has anything to do with Morrison's participation and his rise to power in 2018.
Therefore, for China's suspension of the China-Australia Strategic and Economic Dialogue, some netizens described it as "not answering the phone before, this time simply unplugging the phone line." When to pick it up and whether to take it back or not depends on whether the attitude of the Australian side has changed. This metaphor can be said to be very subtle, to the point.
The reason why the Chinese side pulled out the telephone line is because the Australian side's behavior is too much. After the current Australian government came to power, it can be said that it is the vanguard of the anti-China campaign in the United States and the West, and there are no few bad ideas in the anti-China aspect. Especially since 2020, under the catalysis of the epidemic, Australian politicians have been anti-China and anti-Deger.
In March, australia's Strategic Policy Institute released a Xinjiang-related report in which it publicly lied about smearing Xinjiang cotton and calling for "forced labor." The boycott of Xinjiang cotton by some Western brands has a lot to do with this report.
It is worth mentioning that the author of this report is Xu Xiuzhong, the hated daughter who went out of China and cursed her motherland;
In April, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was exposed as lobbying the leaders of the United States, France, Germany and other Western countries, asking them to support their proposal to go to the Wuhan Institute of Virology to investigate the source of the new crown virus. According to the British newspaper The Guardian, Morrison asked for the dispatch of inspectors whose powers should be "like going to some countries to inspect nuclear weapons reduction projects";
On June 26, Australian police secretly searched the residence of four Chinese journalists and slandered them for "interfering" in Australia's internal affairs.
On 28 August, the Australian government announced a new Foreign Relations Bill that requires all state governments to obtain prior consent from the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs before signing agreements with foreign countries. The bill is clearly targeted, and the "Belt and Road" memorandum signed by the Government of the Australian Federal State of Victoria with China is the focus of the bill;
On September 9, two Chinese scholars studying Australia, Chen Hong and Li Jianjun, were revoked their visas by the Australian Intelligence and Security Organization for "threatening national security";
On September 15, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation slandered the Chinese Consulate General in Australia and its officials for "engaging in infiltration activities", politicizing and stigmatizing the normal performance of duties by the Chinese Embassy and Consulates in Australia;
On November 30, after the painter "Rabble-Kirin" released a picture of an Afghan child with a throat cut by the Australian army, Morrison personally demanded an apology from "Rabble-Kirin" regardless of his status as prime minister;
On 21 April 2021, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne issued a statement canceling the Belt and Road Agreement previously signed with China by the country's State of Victoria.
This is just an act that has been publicly reported by the media. In addition to these, there are only a lot more small actions made by Australian politicians in the background and knives that stab China in the back.
They are so provocative to China, don't give it a moment, really when China is a soft persimmon?
This time, China suspends the China-Australia Economic Strategic Dialogue, which is to give Australian politicians a warning, so that they know that Chinese people are not easy to provoke, and it is not easy to cause trouble!
Choosing to start with the economy is exactly seven inches of the Australian snake. In 2009, China overtook the United States to become Australia's largest trading partner. After 12 years, China is still Australia's largest source of imports, the largest export destination, and the largest source of trade surplus. It can be said that China still lives well without Australia, and when Australia leaves China, it will have to bear the consequences of workers losing their jobs, unable to sell peasant products, and even unable to sell tickets for scenic spots.
This time, the Australian dollar fell sharply after the news of China's suspension broke, and the Australian dollar exchange rate fell as low as $0.7701 against the dollar from $0.7747 on Wednesday.
The situation is like this, why does Morrison still have to run on the anti-China road, and Ladu can't hold back?
Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said something in an interview on March 18 that can be said to be to the point. He pointed out that the Morrison administration sacrificed cooperation with China in exchange for "cheap political benefits" and that their anti-China rhetoric was to cater to the domestic rabble in order to increase the vote.
This kind of anti-China rhetoric, in turn, has created a strong atmosphere in Australia, resulting in the voices of friendship with China being branded heretical, and in the long run, everyone will be silenced. In order to vote, Australian politicians coaxed a bunch of foolish people to oppose China, and in turn, they were kidnapped by this kind of pseudo-public opinion, and they had no choice but to make a more radical anti-China posture. As a result, the entire Australian political arena has become a cockfighting arena, and whoever opposes China is eliminated by the opposition, and whoever has the loudest anti-China voice can sit firmly in the Prime Minister's Office.
It's just that the people of Australia are suffering, while their lives are getting more and more bitter, and they are fooled into giving all the pots to China. Even if China bears all these insults, so what? Aren't it the Australians themselves who suffer?
That's it. Morrison took office in August 2018 for a three-year term, and Australia's new general election is not far off.
Whether the Australian people can suffer less and whether their intelligent intelligence can reoccupy the high ground depends on this election.
Source: China Daily