Mirabile dictu: Australians hate China

David Llewellyn-Smith

Wednesday 21 June 2023

Great news to report from the annual Lowy Poll. Australians hate China:

We have no faith in it:

We think it is a threat:

We are committed:

We like AUKUS:

And the Quad:

We love US troops at home:

And ANZUS:

But think we can have our cake and eat it:

But are ready to blockade iron ore:

It is great news that a year of outlandish China grovelling by Labor has so far done little to change the polity.

The antipathy should keep Albo’s China grovellers in line and hopefully embolden a Beijing-whipped Opposition.

About the author

David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific's leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.