Australian Top Diplomat says China's Power “mistaken”, should not resort to “pressure and coercion”
The trade relation between China and Australia continues to be tense, with more than 50 vessels carrying hundreds of millions of Australia Dollar worth of coal hindered in unloading and clearing customs at Chinese ports recently. Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) General Secretary Frances Adamson said China should not resort to “pressure or coercion”, nor should it attempt to override established norms on engaging the world.
Adamson said that China rise in power may have reached to a point where it believes that it can largely set the terms of its future engagement with the world, rather than adopting international standard. “If it has, I believe it is mistaken”, she spoke in a speech Wednesday at the National Security College of the Australia's National University (ANU). She explained that China does not need to resort to “pressure or coercion”, there is far more to be gained for China, and for other countries, through working collaboratively within the international system.
Adamson believed that China should understand that “No power this large and globally integrated can escape scrutiny or debate". It has to carefully consider other countries' reactions to its conduct internationally. Adamson point out that, in addition to China relations, Australia has to consider U.S.' attitude, emphasized that “Defining the character of our enduring peace isn't just about China. We have to be influential with the United States, too.”
Source from: Apple Daily #Nov26
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201126/TAJPQV5FLZG43BLQPTA5BMX7D4/
#Australia #China #UnitedStates #FrancesAdamson
The trade relation between China and Australia continues to be tense, with more than 50 vessels carrying hundreds of millions of Australia Dollar worth of coal hindered in unloading and clearing customs at Chinese ports recently. Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) General Secretary Frances Adamson said China should not resort to “pressure or coercion”, nor should it attempt to override established norms on engaging the world.
Adamson said that China rise in power may have reached to a point where it believes that it can largely set the terms of its future engagement with the world, rather than adopting international standard. “If it has, I believe it is mistaken”, she spoke in a speech Wednesday at the National Security College of the Australia's National University (ANU). She explained that China does not need to resort to “pressure or coercion”, there is far more to be gained for China, and for other countries, through working collaboratively within the international system.
Adamson believed that China should understand that “No power this large and globally integrated can escape scrutiny or debate". It has to carefully consider other countries' reactions to its conduct internationally. Adamson point out that, in addition to China relations, Australia has to consider U.S.' attitude, emphasized that “Defining the character of our enduring peace isn't just about China. We have to be influential with the United States, too.”
Source from: Apple Daily #Nov26
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201126/TAJPQV5FLZG43BLQPTA5BMX7D4/
#Australia #China #UnitedStates #FrancesAdamson