Opinion

There's more to China debate than lackeys versus stooges

Dividing researchers into Beijing or Washington camps is needless insinuation that would cost Australia a lot of valuable knowledge.

James LaurencesonContributor

Feb 20, 2020 – 12.00am

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In the debate about how Australia should manage China relations, whose side are you on? Washington’s or Beijing’s?

This, in essence, is the way that many contributions, involving commentary, research and events, quickly get framed.

James Laurenceson is Director of the Australia–China Relations Institute (ACRI) at the University of Technology Sydney.

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