China American Cold War

Some nice work from Reuters over the weekend which presented an antidote to the kind of lies we still hear from some unjournalists, bought businesspeople, and (usually Labor) politicians: For years, the Australian political and business establishment had a paramount goal: protect and expand this natural resource powerhouse’s booming exports to fast-growing China.

As I noted yesterday, Gottiboff was way out on a limb defending the CCP.

Via Sinocism: DOD Releases 2020 Report on Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China > U.S.

Via Reuters: A U.S.

Wonderful news: Academics working for Chinese government think tanks and top universities say they are cutting off communications with their Australian counterparts and cancelling plans to travel to the country because they fear they will be accused of being Communist Party infiltrators.

Get used to it.

It’s sad for the party and very unhealthy for the nation.

Via the ABC: Wang Xining is not a fire-breathing ideologue.

Nice work from Sharri Markson: Much more here.

Let’s rewind a week or so to AUSMIN: Australia and the US have established a top-secret defence co-operation framework to counter Chinese military aggression, and put Darwin at the centre of future military plans with a new strategic fuel reserve for the city.

Cross-posted from Sinocism: The top leadership looks to be resuming normal schedules after Beidaihe, and roughly in line with the timelines of recent years.

Via Reuters: China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday it had begun an anti-dumping investigation into imports of wine from Australia following a call from the China Alcoholic Drinks Association on behalf of the domestic industry last month.

A big coming out for the excellent Salvatore Babones at The National Interest: The parallels between 1930s Germany and 2010s China are profound.

Oh, the cognitive dissonance!

An alliance of paranoia between Gottiboff and Zero Hedge is causing a stir: Back 14 years ago in 2006 Australia’s top defence analysts, Air Power, set out in a long document for the Foreign Affairs Committee the emerging power of China contrasting with the looming American decline.

Via the ABC: Australian warships have encountered the Chinese navy in the South China Sea during a voyage that saw them sail close to contested islands claimed by Beijing.

For sale.

Via Ray Dalio: The Big Cycle of the United States and the Dollar, Part 1 This is Part 1 of a two-part chapter on the US Empire and its path along the archetypical big cycle of dominant powers.

Via Merrick “Mac” Carey, a former senior Capitol Hill aide who is now CEO of the Lexington Institute, a public policy think tank in Arlington, Virginia.

Australia’s Chinese boom is basically over.

I was once a great fan of Gareth Evans but not anymore: This would be sensible if it didn’t so comprehensively misrepresent recent history.