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Australia's China odyssey : from euphoria to fear / James Curran.

Australia's China odyssey : from euphoria to fear / James Curran.
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ISBN 9781742237152 (paperback)
Name Curran, James, 1973- author.
Title Australia's China odyssey : from euphoria to fear / James Curran.
Published Sydney, NSW : NewSouth, 2022.
©2022
Description xxxi, 319 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- 1 Red glow -- 2 Euphoric realism -- 3 Great cause -- 4 China's coming -- 5 Shanghai curtains -- 6 Brutal realism -- 7 Fear and greed -- 8 Standing up -- 9 Drums of war -- Conclusion -- Postscript -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
Summary Australia's relationship with China is one of the dominant geopolitical stories of our times. The need to understand the tectonic forces of history moving beneath the surface of these critical events has never been more pressing. In Australia's China Odyssey, acclaimed historian James Curran explores this crucial and complicated relationship through the prism of the prime ministers who have handled relations with Beijing since Whitlam in 1972. Much recent analysis assumes that managing China has been difficult only since 2017. Yet this relationship has always been difficult. And while there have been moments of euphoria and uplift - moments, even, when some believed Australia could have a 'special relationship' with China - high anxiety and fear have often trailed closely in that slipstream. This book provides historical ballast to a debate so often mired in the parochialism of the present. The task of adjusting to China's rise is the greatest challenge Australian diplomacy has faced since Japan's revisionist attempts to remake East Asia in the 1930s. Ultimately, while China under Xi Jinping has indeed changed, and while there is justifiable alarm concerning the course of Beijing's aggressive and authoritarian nationalism, Australia's China Odyssey asks whether we have the courage to look in the mirror and see what this debate also reveals about Australia. Reflecting on the 2022 change in government in his postscript, Curran tackles an even harder question: the future of Australia's China policy.
Subjects International relations
Australia -- Foreign relations -- China
Australia -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Australia -- Politics and government -- 21st century
China -- Foreign relations -- Australia
China -- Politics and government -- 20th century
China -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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