Escalating Australia-China Tensions
Earlier this year, the Australian Federal Government announced it will invest up to $270 billion in Defence capabilities amid tensions in the Indo-Pacific Region.
Political tensions between Australia and China have complied throughout 2020, hindering political relations between the two countries. Primarily the tensions stem from:
- Accusations made by the People’s Republic of China (China) alleging Australia of inducing political grievances; and
- The Australian Federal Government’s unwillingness to facilitate The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) strategised by China.
Taking into account the $270 billion investment on defence, the COVID-19 Stimulus Package and the delaying of Iron Ore exports to China; it would be reasonable to suggest that the Australian economy is in need of an economic damage control policy. China is a major contributor to the Australian economy, in the 2018-19 Financial Year
China was Australia’s largest export destination (valued at A$153 billion or 33 percent of Australia’s total exports) and import source (valued at A$82 billion or 19 percent of Australia’s import bill). Given the rising power of China and Australia’s dependence on Chinese trade, Australia finds itself between a rock and a hard place.
A receding economy as a result of these tensions is highly concerning. With civil unrest unfolding in the United States over Trump’s controversial fraud claims, China may have the view that now is an opportune time to overtake the United States as the most powerful country in the world through the
BRI.
Australia has a pledge of allegiance to the United States, hence Australia’s reluctance to cooperate with the
BRI
at Federal level even though the State of Victoria Government entered a Memorandum of Understanding with China in relation to the
BRI
in 2019. Ultimately, Australia finds itself in-between a rock and a hard place.
Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
The
BRI
is a foreign policy and economy strategy of China announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the end of 2013. The initiative is comprised of two concepts:
- The Silk Road Economic Belt aims to link China with Europe to facilitate economic activity and growth through new infrastructure and permits; and
- The 21st Century Maritime Silk Road aims to link China to Oceania, the South-East Asia region following through to Africa.
President Xi Jingpin in 2013 said that
“Maintaining stability in China’s neighbourhood is the key objective of peripheral diplomacy. We must encourage and participate in the process of regional economic integration, speed up the process of building up infrastructure and connectivity. We must build the Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, creating a new regional economic order.”
“New regional economic order”? The
BRI
interconnects Asia, Europe and Africa, forming one large amalgamated continent in an economic and political sense. So is the amalgamated large continent the region subject to President Xi’s plan for a new regional economic order? If so, the region collectively connects the entire world excluding North and South America.
The World Economic Forum’s
Great Reset
advocates a global transition into a new economic system designed to promote economic growth and protect the environment; perhaps it is intended to be implemented in the Belt and Road region?
Opinion
The grand plan agenda is:
- China to complete the Belt and Road Initiative;
- Establish a new economic order in the amalgamated region of Asia, Europe and Africa;
- Transition into the new age of global technology.
Although Australia, North and America are not likely to join the new amalgamated region in the near future, I expect there to be a
fear-mongering event/s
that will lead all nations into submitting to the new global order, governed from
Greater Israel.
The latest narrative in the media happens to be a dispute over a twitter post by a Chinese Government twitter account depicting an Australian Soldier holding a knife to the neck of an Afghan child. Here we have 2 powerful nations bickering as if high school girls over a photoshopped picture posted on twitter. I think it's pathetic for world leaders to have a spat over social media posts. The picture posted on twitter looked photoshopped and fake. The least Scott Morrison could have done is laughed off the poor effort but he didn't, he has a role to play in the narrative.
Propaganda expert Edward Bernays conveyed the importance of ‘Drama’ in political affairs. Bernays realised that public masses have no interest in facets of government such as economics, health, agriculture etc. Thus in order to gain the public’s attention drama must be incorporated in political news. Drama is also incorporated in election campaigns to sway public opinion in favour of a specific political party.
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