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Editor’s note for Wednesday, December 8, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Australia, Britain, and Canada join the U.S. in a “diplomatic boycott” of the Beijing 2022 Olympics.
Editor’s note for Tuesday, November 30, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Is Airbnb violating U.S. sanctions with listings in Xinjiang?; the U.S. is reportedly looking to improve its airfields in Guam and Australia with an eye on China.
Why China is genuinely worried about AUKUS
The three-nation AUKUS security pact, which includes an American and British commitment to supply Australia with nuclear submarines, is the latest step in the U.S.-led Indo-Pacific strategy to counter China. It has sowed a genuine sense of fear in Beijing of things to come.
Why China wants to join the anti-China trade deal
Last week, Beijing applied to join the CPTPP, a trade club formerly known as the TPP, which the U.S. originally designed to isolate China. Trump tore the deal up and it moved on without the U.S., but now China wants to join.
U.S. snubs EU, announces defense deal with Australia and Britain to counter China
The U.S., Australia, and Britain’s new trilateral military alliance, designed to counter China partly by giving nuclear-powered submarines to Australia, came as a shock to the EU and France.
World Cup qualifying: China vs. Australia, preview
Also: China’s 20 golds top the Tokyo Paralympics so far.
The China-Australia trade war is hurting Mongolia’s environment
When China turned its back on Australian coal last year, it looked north to help plug the shortfall. That was good news for big business in Mongolia — and bad news for locals.
‘Australia is responsible for all this’: China suspends economic dialogue with Canberra, blames ‘Cold War mentality’
Beijing, casting itself as the victim of “insane suppression” from Canberra, suspended its participation in one of the few remaining high-level diplomatic forums between Australia and China. Relations between the two countries still might not have hit bottom.
China and Russia condemn sanctions, accuse West of ‘politicizing human rights issues’
The Chinese and Russian foreign ministers condemned Western nations for “politicizing human rights issues” with sanctions. Beijing separately lashed out at “the West,” accusing at least half a dozen nations of hypocrisy and saying they had no right to lecture China.
U.S., Japan, and Australia to help India compete with China’s vaccine diplomacy
One billion doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be produced in India and distributed to Southeast Asian countries, with the help of the U.S., Japan, and Australia. The initiative, an output of the informal “Quad” alliance, is an attempt to counter Chinese vaccine diplomacy in the region.
New Zealand upgrades free trade agreement with China, wiping away nearly all tariffs
The $23 billion annual trade between New Zealand and China could soon be nearly entirely tariff-free, thanks to an upgrade in the two countries’ 2008 free trade agreement.
Australia-China relations: A short history of a downward spiral
How did the Australian-Chinese relationship get so bad, so fast? Australia’s woes offer lessons about “managing China” that are more complex than they first appear.
Will New Zealand become more hawkish toward China?
New Zealand’s relationship with China since the mid-2000s has been characterized first and foremost as an economic opportunity. But with China’s relations with New Zealand’s allies deteriorating, is Wellington ready to take a more assertive stance?
Australian wine and coal fall victim to souring of ties with China
Coal and wine exporters are feeling the chill from Canberra’s frosty relationship with Beijing. Australian companies that depend on China should all take note: The go-go years are over.
The 14 sins of Australia: Beijing expands list of grievances and digs in for extended diplomatic dispute
The Chinese embassy in Australia shared a detailed list of 14 grievances that Beijing has against the country, extending far beyond China’s core interests and directly criticizing internal Australian affairs.
Beijing lists grievances against Australia, giving warning to other countries with tense China relations
After months of vague accusations that Australia had broken “mutual trust” with China, Beijing has made explicit a list of grievances with the country.
Biden reassures allies with an eye on China
The Biden transition team said that the president-elect had spoken with the leaders of Australia, Japan, and South Korea, as the next administration is expected to use allies to pressure China. How else might Biden change U.S.-China relations?
Beijing continues to punish Australia, hobble WHO to prevent independent COVID-19 investigation
China is heightening its barriers to Australian imports in a pressure campaign that began in April, after Australia started to call for an inquiry into the origins of COVID-19. Meanwhile, Beijing is working to limit the independence of an expected WHO-led team.
Can the U.S. convince Japan, India, and Australia to team up against China?
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with his Japanese, Indian, and Australian counterparts in Tokyo today and urged the four countries to build a “true security framework” to “counter the challenge that the Chinese Communist Party presents.”
Beijing accuses Canberra of ‘barbaric’ treatment of Chinese citizens
Tensions between China and Australia have escalated again after Beijing revealed that Chinese citizens were targeted in an investigation into influence operations.
