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b'This week\'s episode begins with the advice New Zealand\\u2019s Trade Minister Damien O\\u2019Connor attempted to offer Australia on how to manage bilateral relations with China. Was it helpful, and regardless does Australia have something to learn from the way New Zealand conducts its diplomacy and foreign policy? And what explains the starkly different trajectories of the bilateral relationships Canberra and Wellington have with Beijing?\\nThe military has taken power in Myanmar\\u2014again\\u2014and Allan offers a sorrowful perspective on the state of the country to which he was first posted as a young diplomat. Meanwhile, Darren wonders what the Biden administration will do, and wonders whether there is merit in the US looking to support some key Southeast Asian governments in their response, rather than necessarily attempting to lead at a time when their own democratic credentials are diminished. Is "ASEAN solidarity" still in the interests of all of its member states?\\xa0\\nRegular podcast listeners will know how much stock Allan and Darren place on speeches, and this week they focus on the speech given by Chinese President Xi Jinping to the World Economic Forum. How is reading and analysing a speech from a Chinese leader different to that of an Australian PM or US president? What were the notable takeaways from this speech, and who was its primary audience?\\nFinally, Australia has a brand new Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Malaysia. Perhaps an example of \\u201cfresh thinking\\u201d in Australian foreign policy?\\nWe thank AIIA intern Mitchell McIntosh for his help with research and audio editing and Rory Stenning for composing our theme music.\\nRelevant Links\\nWeizhen Tan, \\u201cNationalism \\u2018is not the way forward\\u2019: New Zealand minister calls for more trade relationships\\u201d CNBC, 27 January 2021: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/27/new-zealand-trade-minister-on-trade-deal-with-china-china-australia-tensions.html\\n\\u201cNew Zealand\\u2019s Foreign Minister speaks on how New Zealand tackled the pandemic\\u201d, ABC 7:30 report, 28 January 2021: https://www.abc.net.au/7.30/pause-in-travel-bubble-with-new-zealand-extended/13100700\\nMarise Payne, \\u201cStatement on Myanmar\\u201d, 1 February 2021: https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/statement-myanmar\\nEconomist Intelligence Unit, \\u201cDemocracy Index 2020: In sickness and in health?\\u201d: https://www.eiu.com/n/campaigns/democracy-index-2020/\\nXi Jinping, \\u201cLet the Torch of Multilateralism Light up Humanity\'s Way Forward\\u201d, Speech to the World Economic Forum, 26 January 2021: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-01-25/Full-text-Xi-Jinping-s-speech-at-the-virtual-Davos-Agenda-event-Xln4hwjO2Q/index.html\\nCobus van Staden, \\u201cWhat did Xi Jinping Really Say at Davos?\\u201d, China Africa Project, 26 January 2021: https://mailchi.mp/0f0b40daa599/what-did-xi-jinping-really-say-at-davos?e=832ad9dc70\\n\\u201cJoint Statement on a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Australia and Malaysia\\u201d, 27 January 2021: https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/malaysia/joint-statement-comprehensive-strategic-partnership-between-australia-and-malaysia\\nJohn Blaxland, \\u201cBehind the Australia-Thailand strategic partnership\\u201d, East Asia Forum, 27 January 2021: https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/01/27/behind-the-australia-thailand-strategic-partnership/\\nSinica podcast, \\u201cA new U.S. strategy in East Asia, from the Quincy Institute\\u201d, 21 January 2021: https://supchina.com/podcast/a-new-u-s-strategy-in-east-asia-from-the-quincy-institute/\\nRobert Atkinson and Michael Lind, \\u201cNational Developmentalism: From Forgotten Tradition to New Consensus\\u201d, American Affairs Volume III, Number 2 (Summer 2019): https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2019/05/national-developmentalism-from-forgotten-tradition-to-new-consensus/'