https://www.scmp.com/rss/323989/feed Elena Collinson is a senior researcher at the Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney. She is a lawyer admitted to the Supreme Court of New South Wales and has previously held research and project positions in Australian departmental, ministerial and Senate offices, at state and federal levels. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The speeches and talking points of Australian leaders no longer throb to the beating “drums of war” but they have not turned the page on the deep-seated fears of Chinese power, which continue to trouble policymakers and pundits alike. There has, to be sure, been important surface-level change. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi met recently on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, their second meeting in 12 weeks. Both nations cautiously... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3195226/despite-apparent-thaw-australias-core-china-policy-remains-hardline?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3195226/despite-apparent-thaw-australias-core-china-policy-remains-hardline?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Oct 2022 08:30:08 +0000 Australians noticed when US President Donald Trump’s then nominee for secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, told the Senate on January 11 that China should not be allowed access to its artificial islands in the South China Sea. If this amounted to a blockade, he would probably seek Australian participation. He said: “We’ve got to show back up in the region with our traditional allies in Southeast Asia.” Australians also could not have missed the brutal message emerging from Trump’s phone... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2068455/does-trump-white-house-know-asia-opting-diplomacy-south?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2068455/does-trump-white-house-know-asia-opting-diplomacy-south?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Feb 2017 08:57:22 +0000