Ep. 32: The Australia-China Relationship

Published: Oct. 22, 2019, 9:25 p.m.

b'On this week\\u2019s episode, Allan and Darren look to have a broader discussion about China, anchoring the conversation around Allan\\u2019s recent article in Australian Foreign Affairs, \\u201cHistory hasn\\u2019t ended: How to handle China\\u201d. On the larger and longer term questions surrounding the Australia-China relationship, Allan argues that Australia indeed has an effective but under-appreciated way of approaching China, to weigh up interests and values and use those interests and values as stakes in our relationship with the PRC: foreign policy. Attempting to avoid the risk of engaging in what Prime Minister Morrison would term \\u201cover-analysis\\u201d, Allan and Darren discuss whether China is \\u201cdifferent\\u201d to other great powers, if commentators are \\u201coverexcited\\u201d when it comes to China and what, if anything, the Australian government needs to do differently. Recorded on 21 October 2019, Allan and Darren also continue their recent history of disagreements in a discussion about free speech, China and the National Basketball Association.\\nWe invite our listeners to email us:\\xa0australia.world.pod@gmail.com We welcome feedback, requests and suggestions. You can also contact Darren on twitter @limdarrenj\\nWe thank AIIA intern James Hayne for his help with research and audio editing, XC Chong for research assistance, and Martyn Pearce for technical support in studio. As always, we\\u2019re grateful to Rory Stenning for composing our theme music.\\nRelevant Links\\nAllan Gyngell, \\u201cHistory hasn\\u2019t ended: How to handle China\\u201d in the October 2019 issue of Australian Foreign Affairs: https://www.australianforeignaffairs.com/essay/2019/10/china-dependence\\nRoland Rajah, Alexandre Dayant, Jonathan Pryke, \\u201cOcean of debt? Belt and Road and debt diplomacy in the Pacific\\u201d, Lowy Institute Analysis, 21 October 2019: https://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/ocean-debt-belt-and-road-and-debt-diplomacy-pacific\\nAdam Gopnik, \\u201cA thousand small sanities\\u201d, publisher page: https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/adam-gopnik/a-thousand-small-sanities/9781541699366/\\nYesterday (film), IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8079248/'