Shanghai Sam done like a dinner but Beijing Bob stands by the billion-dollar man
Money talks. Bob Carr, The Daily Telegraph, February 11:
Last year … (China) bought $134 billion worth of goods and services from Australia … It’s why I’ve been honoured for five years — now coming to an end — to be director of the Australia China Relations Institute at UTS.
What else is China selling? ama.com.au, February 7:
A landmark study led by researchers at Macquarie University … found that research published in peer-reviewed English-language journals between January 2000 and April 2017 regarding transplantation of organs did not meet the ethical standards … As late as 2014, 90 per cent of transplant organs in China were sourced from executed prisoners … A recent Australian parliamentary inquiry … (urged) the Australian government do more to combat organ trafficking and transplant tourism, which accounts for nearly $2.3 billion a year.
What else is China doing? Kate Lyons, The Guardian, February 11:
Seventeen Australian residents are believed to be under house arrest … or detained in China’s secretive “re-education” centres in Xinjiang … Australia’s Uighur population have reported serious harassment by Chinese authorities (in Australia).
Anti-China zealot. Bob Carr, The Daily Telegraph, February 11:
Anti-China zealots think … China is our “enemy” … Clive Hamilton speaks for this anti-China Taliban.
Beijing Bob. Dylan Welch, ABC News, February 22, 2018:
(Professor Clive Hamilton) alleges that a … Chinese government campaign of espionage and influence peddling is … (eroding) “Australian sovereignty” … (His book Silent Invasion) lists more than 40 former and sitting … politicians … (who) are doing the work of China’s totalitarian government … An entire chapter, titled Beijing Bob, is dedicated to … Carr … (chronicling his) 2015 appointment as the founding director of the Australia-China Research (sic) Institute … (which Hamilton calls) “a Beijing-backed propaganda outfit” … Melbourne University Press … turned down the book.
MUP said no? Henrietta Cook, TheSydney Morning Herald, January 30:
(MUP chief executive and board members including Bob Carr and former human rights commissioner Gillian Triggs) resigned after the university … (decided to focus on academic books).
Stand by your man. Primrose Riordan, The Australian, February 9:
Bob Carr has slammed the reasons authorities have given … Huang Xiangmo for cancelling his visa, saying they were “flimsy” and “loose” … Australia’s political parties have no plans to return donations from … Huang, who has asked for his cash back after authorities cancelled his visa … (Huang) is known for his patronage of former senator Sam Dastyari …
Done like a dinner. Anna Caldwell, The Daily Telegraph, February 7:
The first time former Labor senator Sam Dastyari met billionaire Huang Xiangmo, he expected a dinner in a packed restaurant. Instead … (Huang, his translator and Sam were) the sole occupants of the … eatery. And so began the … relationship that saw millions … flow to the Labor Party …
Middle Kingdom to Middle East. InvestorDaily.com.au, February 7:
The Crescent Foundation … has … (appointed Bob Carr) as its new chairman … (joining) Dr Sayd Farook … adviser to the executive office of UAE Prime Minister … (and) former Liberal … leader … John Hewson.