TY - JOUR
T1 - Australia And China
T2 - understanding the reality check *
AU - Medcalf, Rory
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, © 2018 Australian Institute of International Affairs.
PY - 2019/3/4
Y1 - 2019/3/4
N2 - Between 2016 and 2018, Australia’s perceptions of China underwent a significant reality check, with global implications. Australia has been a first mover in pushing back against Chinese foreign interference, including via new foreign influence and interference laws. The recalibration of Australia-China relations, and the events and policy debate that proceeded it, is instructive for other countries seeking to respond to the more assertive and coercive elements of Chinese foreign policy. This article sets out the drivers of Australia's reality check, presents a chronology of key events, and examines how Canberra can now move relations with Beijing forward under the conditions of the new normal that has been established.
AB - Between 2016 and 2018, Australia’s perceptions of China underwent a significant reality check, with global implications. Australia has been a first mover in pushing back against Chinese foreign interference, including via new foreign influence and interference laws. The recalibration of Australia-China relations, and the events and policy debate that proceeded it, is instructive for other countries seeking to respond to the more assertive and coercive elements of Chinese foreign policy. This article sets out the drivers of Australia's reality check, presents a chronology of key events, and examines how Canberra can now move relations with Beijing forward under the conditions of the new normal that has been established.
KW - Australia-China relations
KW - China
KW - foreign interference
KW - security
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85055535172&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10357718.2018.1538315
DO - 10.1080/10357718.2018.1538315
M3 - Article
SN - 1035-7718
VL - 73
SP - 109
EP - 118
JO - Australian Journal of International Affairs
JF - Australian Journal of International Affairs
IS - 2
ER -