China raises 14 grievances with Australia as $20 Billion is at stake
**The geopolitical battle between Australia and China intensifies as China lists 14 grievances while escalating further trade sanctions against Australia. **
It's been an interesting week with international media now focusing on the diplomatic issues arising between Australia and China. The debate has been raging for quite some time now and tempers have been flaring with Australian politicians taking the fight to Asian Australians.
An odd move made in a parliamentary inquiry by a Liberal National Party (torries) Senator Eric Abetz demanded Chinese Australians condemn the Chinese Communist Party. The move resulted in China calling out the racist and outrageous demand.
A Chinese Government official stated in Canberra (Australia's Washington) that "China is Angry, if you make China the enemy, China will BE the enemy" strong words from a nation that has the economic and military to back it up.
Beijing flexes against Australia
It's easy to see that Australian politicians are escalating tensions not just on topics relating to Hong Kong and Taiwan but also on a range of other topics. In a diplomatic move by Beijing to Australia China has listed 14 grievances it has with Australia in an attempt to resolve the escalating dispute.
The Australian prime minister has outright rejected China's grievances stating that China won't answer Australia's calls. The Australian trade minister Simon Brimingham weighing in on the action stating "The Ball was in China's court". A Chinese Government official was quick to rebutt responding with Why should China care about Australia?" calling phone calls meaningless and that the atmosphere between Australia and China was "Bad". You can read more Here
## 14 Grievances
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The 14 grievances China has raised against Australia go beyond the South China Sea dispute with China focusing in on Australia's "Anti-China" crusade. Alluding to the recent condemnation Australia has had towards China in getting to the bottom of the COVID19 pandemic with some Australian politicians believing the current pandemic is China's fault and that China should pay compensation. Many Australian elected officials often follow trumps lead by calling it the "Wuhan" virus or draw racial comparisons. That might have worked for Trump who had the world's greatest military power behind him but for Australian politicians that lack the bite. That move has harmed Australia more as China has taken action against the words.
China also raises allegations that Australia is accusing it of undertaking cyber attacks on Australia without sufficient proof and the banning of Huawei from the 5G network and blocking 10 Chinese foreign investment deals across infrastructure, agriculture and animal husbandry sectors. Resulting in financial loss to China. With Chinese officials stating that if Australia backed away from the 14 grievances then the relationship between Australia and China would be resolved.
What do Aussies think?
In a recent survey conducted by mainstream media (had to disclose that because they don't always seem to get it right) most Australians are wanting Australia to seek alternative export markets and wanting some form of action against China for its diplomatic move.
62% of respondents thought Australia should speak up against human rights breaches by China with 23% cautious about antagonising the super power in fear of its military and our dependence on China as a trading partner. You can see more Here
China is Australia's largest trade partner accounting for 40% of exports and 1 in 13 jobs. China's economic impacts on Australia are largely felt with many of the trade sanctions currently costing Australia $20Billion in annual income through exports.
As tensions are unlikely to ease in the coming months further economic impacts and job losses will most likely be felt by Australians.
45% of respondents also supported war with China which has quickly been used to score political points by senior members of government (torries of course) appealing to community sentiment which does nothing but cause further conflict between between two nations.
Australian Labor Party Senator Penny Wong has spoken out against the breaches of International Law that China is committing in the "grey zone" relating to disputes arising between China and Taiwan. But she also cautioned against discussions that promoted war and that Australians and mainstream media should be calling out our prime minister and other members of parliament who incite anti China sentiment leading to war talks for their own domestic benefits. The allegations caused the Prime Minister to denounce he was doing such things.
Penny Wong denounced Defence Minister Peter Dutton and Home Affairs Secretary Micheal Pezzullo for their comments increasing tension between China and Australia. Their statements clearly informing the public that war with China shouldn't be discounted and that the "Drums of war" were in fact beating. Big words from little blokes and I wonder if they will be the first to touch the shores of China should war break out, probably not as they'd be hidden in a bunker somewhere while they send us to die. War should never be openly discussed as such an empty point. War means death for both China and Australia and it is abhorrent how Liberal National Party members can so openly and freely discuss sending people to die for their own political bull shit. (My opinion). You can read more Here
Further concerns are being raised at the anti Chinese sentiment growing in Australia and its impacts on Chinese Australian community members with many calling for early support in the wake of a possible racial tensions. Further funding is being sought to provide support services and Chinese news and media in native languages to better inform and support Chinese Australians.
While the world begins to take a focus on what it occuring between Australia and China it is still unclear on what will occur but with a federal election on the cards we can probably agree on the fact that right wing Nationalist party members will crank up the racial disputes between China and Australia for short term political wins over long term bipartisan agreements between Australia and China.
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As I read, a lot of thoughts kept flowing in
One of them was a question, does China lend helping hands to other countries in the form of loans(since they have a stable economic) just so they can enslave them, make these countries do whatever they want, for fear of not being supported financially?
That is because I can imagine how China will be having issues with Australia, and instead of solving them amicably, they are using the obvious positioning (withdrawal of financial support) to threaten them.
I am wondering if Australia decides to put an end to having to put up with them, and ask for war, if other countries will follow suit
I already know the answer, few countries will follow, and a lot won't
The later won't because they wouldn't be anywhere in terms of economy if they did not get fundings from China
I just hope this misunderstanding between China and Australia ends well
I believe the US has already made it clear at current it does not seek war with China.
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That is true
The US never want to go to war with China
I am even beginning to wonder if President Trump was trying to instigate one by the way he blasted them on the issue of the virus
Now under Biden, Trump is being validated because they are blasting China for the virus.
So the political situation with China is getting very interesting.
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I'm of the belief this is China's fault and the issues between Australia and China emerged when Australia was the first to call out China on a "potential" lab leak. China rebutted saying they got an outbreak from our meat...
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When you say "our" does that mean you are from Australia, sir?
Oh yes, sorry lol I am Australian.
Oh that's really cool
It's so nice to meet you
I have always wanted to travel to your country as a child
It's nice to meet someone from my dream country 😇
Thank you, it is a really beautiful country and I am fortunate to be here :)
You don't mean it
I didn't follow the claims anymore once Biden became President
I am glad that President Trump has been validated
They were so much hated discussions that did a lot of damage to his reputation then
Amazing. We will see where all this goes.
The US, along with Western Europe, is going to do all it can to demonize China since they are standing in the way of the Great Reset which will give Washington and Brussels enormous power.
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Biden was the one that down played talks. Europe and Australia including Britain wanted to send China a stern message. Allegedly it was Biden that convinced the group not to. US has no intention of engaging in war as it does not see China as a threat to its stability or economic and military power.
China has already threatened Australia with ballistic missle attack.
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As I said below, if they took that action, that would get the US ire up even if it came as a result of pressure for elsewhere.
Biden would be hammered as being extremely weak if he allowed that to happen. As much as the media protects him, the members in Congress have another election in two years.
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That is true he would get hammered as weak. China is aware of the US being here. They depicted Australia as two faced taking Chinese money while holding the US hand. I don't know why they find this odd. We have always been a strong ally with the US.
The US has naval and military bases here which point at China. That's what prompted China's response about military bullying.
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I recently heard something on the financial predicament the US dollar is in, which explains some of the tension with China in particular. On the one hand if they don't raise interest rates then no-one will want to hold the dollar, so China is looking to offload it's dollars which will cause financial collapse for the US (and the western world in general). However, if they raise interest rates this will also cause financial collapse as people and countries start to forfeit on debt payments. Something of a catch 22 situation it seems.
War is often the way politicians try to get out of sticky situations and rally the people to find another country or culture to blame. This blaming of China for the virus feels a little like the blaming of Jews for the miserable financial situation back in the 30s.
While that might currently be the US's official stance, I notice their politicians are also discussing Wuhan and covid with regards to blaming China and demanding compensation. So I'm not confident that they aren't also exacerbating problems behind the scenes. Besides, we all know how good the US is at selling arms to both sides in a war and only coming in to the fray after everyone else.
I've always thought that Australia is stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to the western connections and proximity to China. It's isolated, has a low population and little arsenal. I believe after the second war the reason they stole children from the UK was to try and increase the population as they were pretty much abandoned by the allies in the war. Did the white Australia policy also increase around then?
In recent decades they finally seemed to start seeing sense by improving relations with China and allowing more immigration from Asia. I do wonder if they are now being pushed to choose a side.
Ironically, when watching Justice League, Snyder cut last night one of the attacking aliens noted that the people of the world are so primitive they fight among themselves and can't unite themselves to put up a fight against a real threat.
Yes indeed that's when the first Australia policy came into full force as there we concerns of take over by immigration. I don't think those views have really ever changed amongst some.
I think China's attempts at shutting Australia up about COVID is a real indication of something being sus. Especially their extreme lengths to limit the World Health Organisation.
Well, they gave people from the UK free land. The stealing of kids and taking of convicts was rooted in populist politics. America was the place UK used to dump "criminals" as it was a vote winner in the UK. Eventually America said enough and passed laws prohibiting it and the UK was forced to find another location and quickly set off for Australia.
In some ways it is almost funny to see China playing the victim.
I know the situation is difficult for Australia with so much money on the line. $20 billion is nothing to sneeze at.
But good for standing up to the Chinese. That country is seeking to steamroll the entire Pacific region. With Japan in rough shape economically, they really have nothing that compares in the region.
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China backed down previously when the US sent Destroyers to Australia and I believe the president asked people to stop bullying and throwing their military around.
This dispute has been going on for a while and I am a little worried because there doesn't seem to be much support to us from other nations.
We are well within range of a ballistic missle strike and the worse thing is that the people always suffer. We've had politicians focusing solely on racial division and not facts which just makes the whole situation emotional rather than logical.
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Well I will tell you one thing that will get the US back up is military action by China.
And Japan might be weakened economically but it has not really stepped back militarily. If China starts lobbing stuff I surmise that Japan would step in (probably at the US request).
In all honesty, if China was smart they would just cool their heels for a while. The West is in the process of imploding so they only need to wait it out.
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The west's implosion is a strength, it has been identified due to it propaganda and social unrest won't work. It would go unheard lol
Japan and Australia have increased military bipartisanship and are training together. Japan's army is pretty intense.
I'm starting to believe that these are the early signs of WW3.
Imagine if it's substantiated that China did infact manufacture COVID19. The world will lose its shit and want blood for all the loved ones lost.
I'd anticipate India would become China's biggest problem for the next 100 years as people undertake gorilla warfare. India will also become the launch pad into China.
This is going to heat up. Hope not too bad. Lost lives are never good.
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Will Australia government become a Chinese colony?
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Lmao, no but Asia does want our nation that's not a secret. Indonesia hates us with a passion despite taking billions in foreign aid and then using it to build their military. I believe one of their patties not sure which one actually talks about claiming Australia as their nation.
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Well it does seem like its a hard problem to solve and it does seem like they want to face the issue rather than sweep things under the rug. With everything already happening in the trade war, I see no reason to give up and I think other countries are also looking for new trade partners.
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I agree and I think China would be the biggest loser if everyone stopped trading with them all of a sudden
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Because of Chinese Communist Govt.