Clive Hamilton: Time for a \u0027China reset,\u0027 before it\u0027s too late
It has driven Filipino fishermen off traditional fishing grounds and stopped Vietnam from exploring for oil, while making incursions into waters close to Japan. All the while, the ever-nervous Taiwan waits and wonders if its giant neighbour will try to take back control of the island by force.
That aggression prompted a show of unity from other Western countries, despite their own dependency on trade with, and investment from, China for economic growth. And it worked — for a time. When the 194 members of the World Health Assembly unanimously agreed to hold an independent international inquiry into the pandemic, Chinese President Xi Jinping backed down, and China voted for the resolution.
Last month, the Communist party’s hyper-nationalist English-language newspaper, Global Times, wrote: “Australia is always there, making trouble. It is a bit like chewing gum stuck on the sole of China’s shoes. Sometimes you have to find a stone to rub it off.”Article content continued For China, it is always might over right. When criticized a few years ago at a meeting of Southeast Asian states, China’s foreign minister retorted: “China is a big country and other countries are small countries, and that’s just a fact.”Article content continued
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