Opinion

No wonder China is confused by us

China has changed since 2012. But the Australian government's messaging seems to have changed even more.

James LaurencesonContributor

Nov 25, 2020 – 4.37pm

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison said in June that on China his government had “done nothing to injure that partnership – nothing at all”.

This week, he attributed worsening tensions to “some misunderstandings”. To be precise, China’s misunderstandings.

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

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