htmlOn May 6, the National Development and Reform Commission issued the "Statement on Suspension of All Activities under the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue Mechanism". China will only give warnings and take no action. This time, China finally took action and suspended all strategic economic activities indefinitely, giving Australia a lore! The loss of this lore to Australia must be heavy, but who can blame it? It's not all Australia's fault! Peace, development, and cooperation are placed in front of it, but it does not cherish it, but wants to fight and make trouble, and finally end up with such a loss of money and profit, which is really laughable and generous. What impact will this lore by China have on Australia?
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1. What the hell did Australia do to make China suspend cooperation in anger
China has always regarded "seeking peace, development and cooperation" as the guideline for its foreign activities. What exactly did Australia do that made China intolerable, Suspend cooperation? Let's take a closer look at the flow of time.
In 1972, China and Australia formally established diplomatic relations. After entering the 21st century, China and Australia have maintained friendly and developing relations for a long time. However, since 2016, due to the implementation of the "America First" strategy by the former President of the United States, Trump, and a hostile attitude towards China, Australia is afraid of being abandoned by the United States as an ally, and its attitude towards China has also undergone fundamental changes. China-Australia bilateral relations have clearly deteriorated or stagnant, and for a while, the "China threat theory" has been rampant. Let's take a look at some specific events:
In July 2016, on the South China Sea issue , Australia, the United States and Japan jointly issued a statement condemning China's South China Sea claims. From September to November 2017, Australia held maritime military exercises in the South China Sea in an attempt to increase its influence in the waters of the South China Sea. In June 2018, Australia further enhanced its sense of presence in the South China Sea, and made unwarranted remarks that "China is bullying other countries in the South China Sea". On the issue of the South China Sea, Australia has been deeply involved, targeting China everywhere, and the conflict between China and Australia in geography and politics has expanded. In 2020, the United States will increase its containment against China, and Australia is willing to be the "anti-China saint" of the United States. First, in April, it repeatedly called for an independent investigation and an "independent international review" of the source of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, directed at China. Later, he attacked China on issues such as Hong Kong , Taiwan , Xinjiang , Tibet and other issues, interfering in China's internal affairs. In addition, openly engages in selective and discriminatory law enforcement against Chinese citizens, institutions and enterprises. The political conflicts between the two countries continue to intensify.
The economy structure of China and Australia is highly complementary. Data shows that during the 12 years from 2008 to 2020, China has always been Australia's largest trading partner and the largest export market , Australia has always maintained trade with China The surplus has made a lot of money in China. We have provided Australia with a huge market and strong funds, but what we have received are multiple rounds of increasingly excessive economic sanctions initiated by Australia since 2020. People don't commit me and I don't commit crimes. In response to various sanctions, China has also imposed sanctions on and counterattacks on .Faced with the broken economic and trade relations, the Australian side has no intention of repairing it. Instead, in April 2021, tore up the "Belt and Road" framework cooperation agreement signed with China. Economic and trade relations have broken down to the point of near irreparability.
The Australian political and public opinion circles are full of all kinds of "persecutory paranoiacs", and China's strength is growing. Call it a hype, as if China has eroded their interests in all aspects. Because China and Australia are far apart, most of the people's understanding of China comes from the government's public opinion orientation. In the case of unprovoked anti-China, Chinese living in Australia also encounter unprovoked remarks or armed attacks from time to time. The friendship between the Chinese and Australian people has been continuously consumed in this conflict.
There have been rifts of varying severity in the political, economic, cultural and people-to-people exchanges between China and Australia. We were expecting the wound to heal on its own over time, but Australia has rubbed salt in the wound time and time again, and the friendly cooperative relationship has become "flesh and bloody" and close to the abyss.
2. Why does Australia provoke China repeatedly? Do you really think that China is a sick cat that won't show off ?
From the above-mentioned events, it can be seen that Australia's provocation against China has a long history. Why do and provoke repeatedly? Why did China delay its "trick" against Australia until now?
Australia is located on an independent continent away from the continents of Asia, Europe and the Americas. Surrounded by the sea on all sides, it lacked a sense of political security since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and has always pursued the foreign policy of "alliance with a major power".After World War II , the strength of the United States is unprecedentedly strong, and Australia has been clinging to the thigh of the United States, allowing the United States to drive and serve the will of the United States. In 2016, Trump came to power, implemented "America First" and adopted austerity foreign policy. Seeing the situation, Australia is worried that it will be abandoned by the United States, an ally, so it is more and more ingratiating to the United States. The United States has increased its sanctions against China, and Australia has followed suit against China, even proving its value to the United States by provoking China to maintain the US-Australia alliance.
In the face of repeated provocations from Australia, why did China endure it again and again, and only recently released a big move? To answer this question, we must proceed from China's foreign policy and national interests. China has always pursued an independent and independent foreign policy of peace, advocated the use of dialogue to resolve conflicts and disputes, and avoided one-size-fits-all policy choices. We have always supported opening up and strengthening international exchanges. Australia and China have a history of establishing diplomatic relations for nearly 50 years. The political, economic and cultural exchanges between the two countries have sparked a lot of splendid fireworks. Taking too radical sanctions may bring an end to the friendly cooperation between the two countries. It is also possible that 's friendship with in the past may also wipe out . In addition, the import and export products of China and Australia are highly complementary, and the cooperation between the two countries can get what they need. Australia is an important import market for raw materials, and China still wants to maintain a good relationship with Australia. Considering these, China has always been very cautious in its attitude and policy towards Australia. If Australia had not violated the spirit of the contract and tore up the "Belt and Road" cooperation agreement, China would not have resorted to such a decisive move of "suspending strategic cooperation".
China is an increasingly powerful tiger, not a sick cat that won't show its power. China's lack of big moves is not because China is incapable, but because China wants to maintain hard-won friendly relations.However, Australia has ignored China's warnings five times and three times, and has done more and more excessively. It is no wonder that China has disregarded the friendship of nearly 50 years and suspended all strategic cooperation.
3. What does China's lore mean for Australia?
China is the largest economy in the Asia-Pacific region, and is a huge market that can provide various opportunities for different countries. Looking at from an economic point of view, over the past decade, China has provided Australia with hundreds of billions of foreign trade revenue. Australia is extremely dependent on the Chinese market without knowing it. In 2019, Australia's exports to China accounted for 38.2%, and its trade surplus with China reached US$48.83 billion. In 2020, under the influence of the epidemic, Australia's trade with the world will drop by 8 percentage points, but its exports to China will only drop by 3 percentage points. China is still its largest exporter of products and its largest export market. As soon as the NDRC's statement came out, means that Australia is about to lose the unlimited opportunities for cooperation with China and bid farewell to the vast profitable market. This news is fatal to many companies in Australia.
Australia's era of eating Chinese rice while smashing Chinese bowls is coming to an end. Now is the time for Australia to introspect. Under the impact of the epidemic, all countries are striving to generate income in foreign markets. We can find alternative importing countries, but it is not easy for Australia to find alternative markets. The bitter fruit was grown in Australia, and now it has to taste it!
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