As the distribution of wealth, influence and strategic weight in our world continues its profound transformation and the light at the end of the tunnel of the Covid-19 pandemic continues its ambivalent flicker, the Australia–China relationship has deteriorated badly. These developments are, of course, related in important ways and, by and large, we are appropriately focused on understanding these linkages as fully as we can. And we aren’t the only one finding the present transition a daunting challenge. Indeed, if we step back a little, it becomes clear that our worries are a small example of a very large challenge confronting the region as a whole.
Australia–China relations and the travails of transition | The Strategist (aspistrategist.org.au)