New myths are now being spread by Australia’s China hawks to dismiss the idea that guileful diplomacy can provide a solution to the impasse with Beijing.
Australia’s China debate resembles the shell-churned ground in no-man’s land. So cratered is the terrain between trench lines that advance looks impossible.
Seemingly there is little chance for dialogue between those championing “pushback” and those arguing that a place for guileful diplomacy remains.
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James Curran is The Australian Financial Review’s international editor and professor of modern history at Sydney University.
