How exactly is this supposed to get Labor elected? China’s chief wolf warrior, Zhao Lijian, has fully endorsed WA premier Mark McGowan:
“The Australian government should heed these constructive opinions.”
“Face up to and reflect on the crux of the setback in bilateral relations, abandon the Cold War mentality and ideological bias, earnestly uphold the principle of mutual respect and equal treatment, and act in ways conducive to enhancing mutual trust and promoting practical co-operation”
“For quite some time, people from different social sectors in Australia have expressed concern about the way the Australian government approaches relations with China,”
Here’s what Mark McGowan and his Chinese sponsors want from you:
Tell me that’s not treasonous.
Meanwhile, the horribly discredited Australia/China Relations Institute has conducted a survey of local attitudes that is disastrous for its own monstrous ends:
– Support for building stronger connections and ties, a strong relationship: Approximately six in 10 Australians (61 percent) believe that Australia should continue to try to build strong connections and ties, and have a strong relationship with China.
– Concerns: Approximately three-quarters of Australians (74 percent) express concerns about Australia’s relationship with China.
– Benefits: About six in 10 Australians (62 percent) also say they see the benefits of Australia’s relationship with China.
– Mistrust of the Chinese government: The majority of Australians (76 percent) express mistrust of the Chinese government.
– The Australian government’s management of China relations: A minority of Australians (32 percent) say that the Australian government is managing Australia’s relationship with China well.
– A harder Australian government line on China: Approximately six in 10 Australians (63 percent) believe that the Australian government should take a harder line with respect to its policies dealing with China.
– Changing views: Australians’ views on China have generally become more pessimistic over the last year, with the majority of Australians (62 percent) saying that their view ‘has become more negative following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic’.
– Responsibility for improving the Australia-China relationship: A clear majority of Australians (80 percent) agree that ‘The responsibility for improving the relationship between Australia and China lies with both countries’. Pressed on an either-or proposition, more Australians agree that the responsibility lies with China (48 percent) rather than Australia (30 percent).
– Future outlook: Australians are not optimistic about the short to medium term prospects for improvement in relations between Australia and China, with just over one-quarter of Australians (27 percent) saying that ‘The Australia-China relationship will improve in the next three years’.
– A vocal stance: A minority of Australians (28 percent) say that ‘The Australian government should not publicly call out actions by the Chinese government that Australia disagrees with’.
– Call for an international COVID-19 investigation: About seven in 10 Australians (72 percent) agreed that ‘The Australian government was right to publicly call for an international investigation into the origins of COVID-19’.
– Balancing act: Most Australians believe that Australia can maintain good relations with both its key security partner and its largest trading partner simultaneously, with approximately six in 10 Australians (63 percent) saying that ‘Australia can enjoy a good relationship with both China and the United States at the same time’.
– The economic relationship overall: A clear majority of Australians (80 percent) say that ‘Australia is too economically reliant on China’. About six in 10 Australians (63 percent) note that ‘Without close engagement with China, Australia would not be as prosperous as it currently is’. With respect to how to characterise the Australia-China economic relationship overall, Australians are fairly divided. Just over half of Australians (53 percent) say that ‘Australia’s economic relationship with China is more of an economic risk than an economic opportunity’. Australians are divided, too, about how the Australian government should approach the economic relationship, with almost half (49 percent) saying that ‘The Australian government needs to be supportive of having closer economic ties with China’.
– Freedom of academic speech: Nearly half of Australians (48 percent) say that ‘Australian university ties with China compromise Australian freedom of speech’.
– Research collaborations: Australians are not quite convinced (48 percent) that ‘Research collaborations between academics from Australia and China makes Australia more competitive internationally’. Pressed on scientific research collaborations in particular, approximately seven in 10 Australians (68 percent) say ‘It is beneficial for Australian scientists to have research connections to China’.
There’s lots more bad news for ACRI in the survey. It is comprehensively losing its attempt to swindle Australians with barely disguised CCP propaganda.
Shame the Labor Party hasn’t caught on.
