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b'This week Allan and Darren devote the entire episode to a wild and very tense few weeks in the bilateral relationship between Australia and China. These events kicked off with Foreign Minister Marise Payne\\u2019s call for an inquiry into China\\u2019s handling of the coronavirus outbreak, and snowballed from there, in particular with an interview conducted by China\\u2019s ambassador to Australia, duelling press releases from the Chinese embassy and DFAT, and interventions from mining magnate Andrew \\u201cTwiggy\\u201d Forrest. \\xa0\\nAs always, we invite our listeners to email us at this address: australia.world.pod@gmail.com We welcome feedback, requests and suggestions. You can also contact Darren on twitter @limdarrenj\\nWe thank AIIA intern Maddie Gordon for her help with research and audio editing, XC Chong for research support, and Rory Stenning for composing our theme music.\\nRelevant links\\nABC article covering FM Payne\\u2019s call for an inquiry: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-19/payne-calls-for-inquiry-china-handling-of-coronavirus-covid-19/12162968\\nSBS report on PM Morrison\\u2019s first comments: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/australia-and-china-clash-over-independent-inquiry-into-coronavirus-pandemic\\nSydney Morning Herald report on PM Morrison talking to UN, Germany, France: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/morrison-pushes-for-global-review-into-handling-of-covid-19-20200421-p54lub.html\\nPeter Hartcher column in the Sydney Morning Herald: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-week-australia-stood-up-to-china-and-global-giants-20200424-p54n3c.html\\nEmbassy of PRC in Australia, transcript of Ambassador Cheng\\u2019s interview with AFR: http://au.china-embassy.org/eng/sghdxwfb_1/t1773741.htm\\nReport on the response from Marise Payne and Penny Wong: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/what-is-needed-is-global-cooperation-marise-payne-slaps-down-beijing-s-boycott-threat-20200427-p54njj.html \\xa0\\nDarren\\u2019s analysis (co-authored with Victor Ferguson) on the ABC website covering the ambassador\\u2019s interview: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-29/china-boycott-diplomacy--coronavirus-comes-more-government/12194482 \\xa0\\nTrade Minister Simon Birmingham\\u2019s ABC interview transcript: https://www.trademinister.gov.au/minister/simon-birmingham/transcript/interview-abc-radio-canberra-am-sabra-lane-2\\nEmbassy of PRC in Australia, response to media question regarding the Adamson phone call: http://au.china-embassy.org/eng/sghdxwfb_1/t1774089.htm \\xa0\\nDFAT response: https://www.dfat.gov.au/news/media-release/dfat-statement-regarding-comments-embassy-peoples-republic-china \\xa0\\nArticle covering Kerry Stokes: https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/kerry-stokes-calls-for-china-backdown-urges-canberra-to-respect-wet-markets-20200430-p54ohj.html\\nAlbert Hirschman, National Power and the Structure of Foreign Trade (1945): https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520301337/national-power-and-the-structure-of-foreign-trade\\nMoney Heist (Netflix): https://www.netflix.com/title/80192098\\nDustin O\\u2019Halloran (composer of \\u201cArrival\\u201d), Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_O%27Halloran\\nRamin Djawadi (composer of \\u201cLight of the Seven\\u201d), Podcast interview on Song Exploder: http://songexploder.net/ramin-djawadi'