They also followed revelations
Mr McGregor said Chinese embassies were issuing similar threats around the world in countries critical of their handling of COVID-19. Professor Medcalf said Australia would now likely build an economy "more resilient to foreign economic coercion, even if that involves short-term difficulty". A 2017 report by the ANU's National Security College found perceptions of Australia’s vulnerability to Chinese economic pressure were exaggerated, as the sectors that would have the biggest impact on Australia - notably through the iron ore trade - would also cripple Beijing.
Vicki Thomson, chief executive of the Group of Eight universities, said they were already facing "substantial and unanticipated challenges" across their operations. "Given the track record Beijing has in moving rapidly on a broad front, as it has done in the South China Sea, we need to be prepared to respond to a rapid increase in the speed and scale of China’s actions in Antarctica," they said.
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Start buying quality not quantity. There are small businesses in Eastern Europe and Australia selling quality clothes and household items. None of the materials manufactured in China.
Bring it on China!! Australians are speaking up now and we have had enough.
Australia is China’s 4th largest source of food, and the largest for coal and iron ore. Sure, their economy is gigantic, but we can definitely hurt them. Let’s see how they go when they starve and they can’t manufacture. Threats only make them appear guilty.
So what?
Australian should not be threatened by the CCP. Hold your ground!!!
China buy your produce from someone else Australian will be just fine
China again carrying on like a spoilt child, failing to own up and be more cooperative on a global stage and adopting a threatening tone when challenged about any issues that they see as an affront to them, or questioning them It’s high time the rest of the world follows our lead
We have already lost billions due to the China Wuhan virus. Time to tell China to get stuffed. If they don’t want Australian beef they can eat their bats, pangolins and skunks etc.
Half of China's iron imports come from Australia. Good luck producing shitty cheap Chinese steel, great leap backward style.
The highlights the need for immediate re-assessment of our international markets and supply chains. Partnerships are driven by mutual trust, respect and ethics. The CCP fails on all these points. It is good business to hedge our supply risk and to find new markets. Giddyup.
hvLiao How much to sell the soul ？ it is priceless. How many lives did they lose? If you don’t fight against China, Wuhan virus 2.0 will happen in future
Australia is living between two dads. Both important. There is not right or wrong, but choice and survival. Australia is being threaten by both. Only the complaining one is heard.
Decouple from China and their threats.
Good for us you Dogs Australians are already boycotting anythingn Chinese made so all good for us
Stand firm Australia
Being over-tolerant of a bully teaches them that it’s ok to mistreat you. All countries should wake up & boycott the CCP bully. CCP needs to learn the proper lesson.
This country prospered before we started trading with the dragon. Australia can become dynamic and do it again. Fuck the CCP
Thats right!! We should never trust China as learned from the WuhanVirus pandemic and the HongKongProtests. What we can see is china lied to the world, and people died in the globe. COVID19
loss? you mean fake masks, PPE from China? Australia deserve reliable n dependable investment partnership. Come on! China is not the only one! SayNoToChina AustraliaDeservesQualityPartnership
This is just proving the Australia economy is so depending on China’s money and it shouldnt be like that
China is nothing but a bully. Australia should ignore them.
If you know China good enough you will notice that their so called boycott is just a joke. Can you imagine they are not buying the milk powder anymore? Just ignore those nmslese.
Think again, the lives in Australia could have been better without too many interference from China.
Asshole
But Scotty big mouth rabbits on because it pleases Donny.
Lose billions now and use the painful experience to build more ethical and sustainable trade relationships, or become a vassal state by 2035. The choice is ours (full disclosure, American here, but all of us will face similar tradeoffs in the next few decades).
AUS won’t lose any indeed. Ppl from China will continue to visit Australia once you open the border. China is only good at talking nonsense. The ppl in China saying they love products made in China but frantically buying milk powder, baby formula and sending their kids to AUS.
Go ahead and kowtow to China if you want more of these CCP advocates living in Australia. Australia
It is to protect the country from Chinese invasion AntiChinazi ChinaLiedPeopleDied BoycottChina
All I can tell you is the Chinese China is just a Chihuahua barking in the corner. They will retreat after the first blood.
1. If China boycott, Australia lose $$$$. 2. If Australia bows to the Emperor, the Chinese will laugh at Australian. Who is more superior? Who is playing dirty? Who has more pride? I can only wish the best for Australia.
The Australian government should revoke the credentials of this so-called « ambassador » and send him back to Anhui. He will be buying Shiraz soon enough!
Are CCP serious? She already lost creditability. US & Japan are planning to move their factories out. More are coming 🤦🏻
The world has to unite. This Chinese thuggish behavior is unacceptable. Australia, please export your wine n beef to USA. We will support you.
Any Australian afraid of boycott China? AntiChinazi BoycottChineseProducts CCP_is_terrorist SOSHK
Freedom is worth every dollar
Good
Vs thousands of life Boycott China!
If Australia not going to boycott China right now, the world will lose more and more, not only money BoycottChina
They won't dare to do it. They need your coal and iron ore. They have been yelling that they would boycott Japan for decades, and yet you can see thwm wearing uniqlo, using muji, playing nintendo and driving toyota.
the world must wake up and say NO to China's bully, authoritarian CCP can never be trusted
Only if CCP actually made good of their boycott threat. They have been calling for boycott of US, Japanese and other products for DECADES on various occasions. They would've succeeded years before if they actually had a spine to get through with it.
well we can stop exporting milk to China, prohibit all Daiguo shipping to China. let's see who is the real winner
It already has!...
A necessary severance !
This is the way CCP break up civilization and win, unless it faces a union of western world.
Okay, so it means they won’t buy all the formula milk powder from supermarket? Good news then
So... Aus should start taking orders from China !? Don’t kowtow to CCP cos that’s only the start of losing autonomy to China... not to mention Aus is already joked as extended Chinese province... In this world, there’re things more important than $! ChinaLiedPeopleDied
They have already crippled us financially with the virus, let’s learn to move on without them
so what? it's better than being Beijing's bitch..
1. Lose billions from the CCP, but potentially saving a lot more from IR theft, espionage and other widely documented unfair trade practices. 2. Keep your billions, lose your spine and national dignity. Seems like a no-brainer to me.
Poor timing no? Facing a recession and now cutting off the biggest capital provider of the world. If we go running back to them with our tail between our legs, we will find ourselves permanently f*d.
Libfilth showing their diplomacy skills once again. Not content with daring manufacturing to offshore, they now wish to kill our export industry in another fit of miguided pique to appease the madman in the USA. auspol
ausgov is already talking about enhancing alternative markets for Aus exports - a policy that gained momentum from the undeclared but ongoing embargo on Aus coal.
DecoupleChina
Australia is severely infiltrated by CCP by different means- Mirgation/investment. That's y China threated no one but Australia as they have sufficient asset to threat Aus. Time 4 Aus to realize the culprit & if Aus did nth to stop infiltration, ready to be a municipal of China.
Australia, please grow a backbone before it's too late!
This could just be the catalyst Australian politics need to diversify trade and start us becoming more independent.
Gladys Liu to the rescue.... maybe.
I’d better not to lose the whole country to the thug ccp China.
There is something more important than money.
How many Chinese people who live here will go home to China ?
Let’s burn some bridges with CCP resetCCP buy 🇦🇺 made.
The lost is only short term but is good health for long term development
FYI-China is forcing their citizens to hand over their passports to the regime or cancel the passports of those who did not do so since last year. Thus, there won’t be as many Chinese as they used to be have the privilege holding a passport or being able to come to study here.
Coercion of predatory economy... Why Australia has to sacrifice its independence, freedom & integrity for earning RMB from the untrustworthy Communist China?
The world already is losing billions bc of CCPChina . Let's not forget ChinaLiedPeopleDied. ChinaMustExplain
Remember this? Chinese people fear of not having Australian baby formula The Australian government should raise tariff like what the US does.
Cool. We’ll make it up somewhere else. byebyechina boycottchina
What exactly happens on the ground is Chinese people know products made in China are poisonous. They would fear of not having Australian baby formula indeed
We have to rely less on China - so this might be a good time to start!
Or we can gain billions if we Manufacture in Australia and export
There should be a global embargo on Chinese trade until they are transparent about everything that has occurred.
Better than losing lives coz of WuhanVirus
I can't believe China is using her economic influence to blackmail Australia. I hope Australia wouldn't bow down to the CCP, don't let this authoritarian regime control you!!! ChinaLiedPeopleDied MakeChinaPay
What about the Australian government freeze all Chinese assets and funds in Australia?
Time to let the biggest bully of the world know that we won’t be bullied and intimidated. Bring it on!
Let them go! China is bad news.
That’s O.K , we have highly intelligent University Vice Chancellors who know exactly how to make billions. Use them to advise Government on Strategies and Deceptions to screw the CCP.
tell them to stick they billions where they fit
Good kick in the rear do us good we might start making things here again let's hope
Australia has already lost billions through the sale of resources and agriculture. Time to stop while the iron is hot.
This may not be a bad thing. Aust is way too attached to China. Either diversify or concentrate on providing Australians with quality products, for a change.
Short term pain, long term gain!
CCP also speaks more than action. no boycott would happen.
Didn’t we already lose billions because of the CCP’s incompetence? Now, not content with making our people sick, they want to smack us financially. GetStuffedCCP
It’s blood money, does no one realize that?
So what you think that they say what they like
JohnLee8964 The Chinese ppl are only the puppets of CCP.
Don’t believe China. ChinaLiedAndPeopleDied
Oh well.
Oh when did cash becomes more important than lives lost due to the pandemic caused by CCPvirus ?
That figure is probably puffed up When one door closed, a window opens. Get rid of a predatory “trading partner” and deal with others. Never put all eggs in one basket! Probably painful in short term but it sure will pay off, plus get back dignity & sovereignty along the way
Sometimes we need to stand up to the bully, or the suffering will continue. Don't back down Australia
We would be grateful if Australian could join the MilkTeaAlliance standing together to against CCP. BoycottChina ChinaLiedPeopleDie
Decoupling from China may seem infeasible in the short-run, but the regime has shown to be untrustworthy. Perhaps Australian government can consider building a stronger tie with the rest of the CANZUK countries for trade, tourism etc. DecoupleChina
What’s money when compared to freedom, dignity and democracy of future generations of Australia?
But China needs to tell the truth now ,it won’t go away just be honest.
But Australia had already lost billions from this WuhanVirus pandemic, including 84 deaths, due to the coverup & disinformation of Chinese Gov’t...
It's time for Australia government to start up manufacturing industry in Australia to create jobs for the people who lost their jobs and get the country going again
FO Lets see how they go without our LNG, Iron ore and other strategic minerals - The CCP can kiss their arses good bye when their economy tanks as a result
Whatever gained from China in the past, it has been totally written off by the loss brought by Wuhanvirus. Australia should keep on claiming and recovering the damage caused by China’s cover-up and disinformation, whatever it takes.
see. when humans choose between money and lives, they always choose money and die.
The fact is: China got the upper hand, and no amount of Twitter comments can change that
Even if Australia is right, it’s not in Australia’s best interest to offend China. Let Trump do it.
Australia should stand strong against CCP's threat
I’m willing to live with that
Australia already lost lots of money due to global pandemic. Australia asked 37 millions dollar compensation from Chinese Communist party.
Typical criminal dictatorship - don't buy their shit !
ScottMorrisonMP don’t be scared, he’s just bluffing 🥱
Can't spend the money if you are dead. Australian lives are worth more than Chinese money.
We could threaten to take back all the Aus companies and land sold to China?
This is just word farts from our ‘leaders’ Shame is that they are dangerous farts but they will blow away after La Hancock & The Twig get on the blower
Australia will just have to restart manufacturing be more self sufficient put tariffs at all imports and stop Chinise and Hong Kong buying our lands, real estate and businesses.
We could. But we are our own worst enemy when it comes to China. Australia has to grow up and stop contorting itself over its love of chinese money and its racism. Do people remember China invited Australia to partner in BRICS? It was a VIP invitation and we said rack off.
China has more to lose in a trade war, especially when it comes to feeding their population. Their chemical laden soil grows toxic produce, so they're reliant on food produce imports. Don't be fooled by their threats and lies, clearly China has something to hide! BoycottChina
Here comes the Aldi bag.... $$$
They need the relationship more. 🤣
Don't know about you but I hate being threatened by a communist country where they stupidly made their leader a deity. This is China, this is how they operate, bullying and threatening tactics, Hong Kong is a prime example of how they behave. Stop them buying us from within.
Not a big deal. American will help Aussie out.
Australia (we) have prostituted ourselves to China for too long. It has to stop. If one good thing comes out of Covid it will be us reasserting our independence.
Trading with China does not mean we should be threatened by China so we’ll see if our politicians have the balls to stand up to them. If not we’ll vote them out at the next election. Same scenario as Brexit. EU bullies and threatens the U.K. UK decided. So must we.
China are now the worlds enemy. I hope China boycotts Australia. Repercussions will come with lack of cheap energy, coal, gas, iron ore. rare earth minerals and most importantly food - China will starve in the cold alone with no friends on the planet.
Communist thuggery- the locusts want everything we have !
We shouldn’t be so reliant on a Non-democratic country anyway! We should be boycotting them!
what happens to all the australian farms they own ? do they give them back ! this is the failing of FIRB JOE HOCKEY ScottMorrisonMP GladysB LiberalAus selling off australia & developers
Let them, we Can then take back our assets for free.
All because Australia as usual choses to follow the US into a war - only this time, a trade war.
Who honestly thinks that Scomo will stand fast ? Honestly...
If Aus wants to stand up to China, this is the most stupid cause to stand up to China on. No-one with a modicum of knowledge of world political and legal reality can think an international inquiry is nothing but a fantasy. Is such a futile cause worth pursuing?
If China has nothing to hide, they would not react like this.
Shift our focus back on Japan and growth in India
The world could boycott Chinait may be to consider that possibility
Loose billions but still have integrity and a positive standing globally. China needs to be held accountable. ScottMorrisonMP realDonaldTrump
hey lose the money - I'll buy your wine!
Why use this tired and scaremongering headline. Australians have personally experienced what our over-blown reliance on China actually means It is time for change Cheng Jinglei should be made aware of that We came with an olive branch China responded with it's usual stick. Bluch!
It's about time THE PEOPLE of democratic and free Australia spoke to THE PEOPLE of Communist China. Cheng Jinglei is either a weasel or a puppet. Now we have experienced what our grand reliance on communist China has exposed we could start seeking other markets.
This opinion piece, which as now can be expected, is simply more of the same anti-China rhetoric (not responsible journalism) which is potentially very damaging to the future of our relationship with Australia's largest trade partner, and undermines inter country friendship.
BoycottChina
jurylady5 Country may be screwed over because divkhead says stuff to stir up fkwits, nothing new, though I do suspect last election may indicate we’ve past the tipping point of stupid.
Chinese people will by Australian because they know thousands of them have would have died because of the incompetency of their dictatorship, that clearly showed it cared about itself, not its people.
Why is China causing this rift with Australia? What we are asking for is transparency and cooperation for the sake of world health. there is NO FREE PRESS in China therefore the Chinese people will believe what they are told. So what are they being told? We can access their press
Typical Chinese government threats of economic retaliation.
Diane_Dee Good. Let's liberate Australia from the extortion and world bully boy tactics of XiJinping and China autoday, Diane_Dee, latikambourke, sunriseon7, dailytelegraph, vanOnselenP, markc01, narelleford and 9MelissaDownes. If any good can come from COVID19, let it be this.
ScottMorrisonMP LiberalAus Please, As Australians we must unite and hold China accountable for this Pandemic — ChinaCoronaVirus
Don’t threaten us
Let's show this threat for what it is, A now blatant attempt by China for world domination. Their political attempt through 'Belt and Road' is now doomed for failure so they will resort to more direct 'bullyboy' tactics.
Diplomacy is the key auspol Let PM MrKRudd give you some pointers.
The billions needed for economic recovery will be gone... we all need to dig deeper into our empty pockets then.
We good bro!! 🇳🇿
Chinese tourist....bio terrorism 😱
It is shameful threat
China needs to take ownership of their mistake rather than get upset with the world. Perhaps this is the time Australia should be less dependent from China, so that the supply chain won’t suffer next time there is a similar global disruption
Terrible guy!
COVID-19: China denies spreading disinformation about the coronavirus outbreak, despite EU report citing 'significant evidence' of covert social media campaign.
The racist dog should go back to China. We don't want him or his type here.
Australia has been China's take away shop for a long time. We should cut ties renegotiate and call the shots. How many Chinese shops have cash only no eftpos.
If the Australians could turn their raw materials into high quality products, e. g, electric cars to compete with Tesla, Australia would have dumped China long time ago. Your laziness and greed buried you.
Australia has already lost billions - from China's virus.
Almost 90% of products in Bunnings are made in China. This is just an example. The trade tie is stronger than any of you could imagine. You can keep rethinking, but I doubt any actions will be taken. How about boycott bunnings for a start lol
Lesson learned. Now let’s diversify and move on from relying on China!
Time to take back the mines and companies as compensation from China. Look further afield for export. Remember the world was fine without China for a very long time? Trust me Chinazi will come back begging for food export. This is why hey bought ur diary industry ScottMorrisonMP
Good let’s stand on our own feet
It’s better ru lose billions than to pander to the communist party of China! We don’t need their money. Our countries integrity must be upheld over a sinister and deceitful China! ChinaLiedPeopleDied ChinaMustExplain Chinamustfall ChinaVirus China
Its ok..fck them! When we start mining uranium properly...not only it will help the Australian economy..they will all be wanting to export to their country too!
Oh yep... will they miss OZ milk powder?
Chinazi baby will drink MadeInChina formula soon 👍👍👍👍👍
Time for cool heads & diplomacy. 30% of Australia’s exports are to China and they are biggest importers of forestry, fisheries & agriculture. Then our unis, tech sector etc. Aust. is small fry - if not Aust. others will step up. Think about this when you tweet using your IPhone.
Australia needs to diversify its trade, action by the Communist authoritarian government will be the kick Australia needs to just do that. We are far too dependent on the PRC.
The Chinese ambassador is threatening us. What a dick. Doesn't he know anything about international diplomacy? Actually I feel sorry for him. He is a puppet and told what to do by the CCP.
It'll be a gain in the long term. Time to take a stand and not be bullied.
Fuk em
The SMH's favorite words: could, may, possibly, worst case, unprecedented........
Expell him and all his colleagues immediately. We don’t need them or their doggy Chinese products. Make everything here locally.
We need to diversify our overseas trade. We are too reliant on China, and it is hampering our diplomatic options.
How much agricultural land and business does China own in Australia? Why did we sell it to them in the first place?
Blood money
Good we don't need them they are bullying is to believe we can't live without China we done it before we can do it again
Do it China and go away
We need Trumo style management, back to making Australia self sufficient again. We have large agriculture, food and raw materials industry, even nuclear material. We should be better as a nation without China.
This is what comes from sucking up to the Mango Mussolini.
Time for this man to put things in perspective. His country has just shut down, China's trade and manufacturing has come to a halt, 1.3 billion people are suffering. But still the CCP is not humbled and has a false sense of power which causes them the threaten others?
Good luck finding iron ore and lithium from another stable democracy.
Don't care about their dirty dollars....we thrived without China before and we will again.China
so what. bring it on. we can handle it.
It’s not a great time to stand up to Xi and his regime of fake commie proto-fascist. It is however the right time.
So what !! It’s about time we put looking after our environment above money ! Do you think the Chinese will want us after we have exhausted our resources,polluted our water for them to keep breeding?
So we let them intimidate us huh!?
Send a virus into the world then get sulky with us..?
Could just keep let them twisting arms too.
Really 🤷
Fear mongering from CHICOMs and their enablers here in Australia.
Who else will they give their business to, USA?
China is not the only country on this planet! Wake up!
They have already damaged our economy enough, what's another few millions. Apart from hiding the virus from the World now these arseholes are making threats, unbelievable.
China is starting to show what they're really like. Let's break ties with them while we still can. Otherwise their hold on us will get worse.
This is a time for cooperation not finger pointing. Dutton et al need to be reined in!
Money or life? Money or freedom?
RobMax4 So we should over our xenophobia
We need to come up with a better plan that doesn’t rely on chinese investment. Universities should be the starting point and then focus on how we can change our manufacturing industry to improve our domestic production and move away from importing goods from China.
To have an independent inquiry is common sense. If as they state the virus didn't start in China they should be all for it. As for trade they need us as much as we need them.
This is all China’s fault, look what they have done to the world with your Wuhan virus !!!Get stuffed China , you’re accountable and you will pay back big time, just like Germany and Japan had to after WW2.
CHINA NO MORE NO.1 COUNTRY IN MY WORLD
If only it was easier to boycott imported Chinese goods in Australia. We need to reassess our supply chains immediately, with a focus on higher quality, more self-sufficiency and enhanced national security. Hopefully, COVID-19 will prompt a radical re-think and a new approach.
Good, get China out of Australia. So sick of our country being sold off to the Communists and having our politicians scrape and bow in their general direction. China has ruined our way of life, they are not worth it.
As China states that Coronavirus didn't start in China, it must have proof, right? So, if that's the case, why not have an investigation to confirm the facts, and do all possible to avoid a repeat situation, rather than threaten Australia financially?
Thug
China need to be worried not us. They will all business. Boycott China let them suffer. Let’s not be anyone’s slave
RobMax4 Fairweather friend.
China gives the world Corona Virus & if we speak out & Ask Q China ambassador warns China could boycott Australia, Hmm? Chinese Government Claims To Be Victim Of Coronavirus Disinformation, Turns Around And Accuses US Of ‘Hiding Something’
Well maybe we can start to rebuild this once great country that provided us with everything we needed, Australia provides everything we need
I can live without them - stop thinking they’re life support
Wolf warriors are at it again.
Good
Bring it on. Then maybe we'll start treating our fellow Australians better, and stop selling everything off to overseas.
China need to learn to start telling the truth. And stop eating bats and rats. Save the face saving. The world is paying too much of a price for it. As to threats - it’ll hurt Australia of course. As will losing all the land you own as a country for national security.
What did we expect? An economy that has grown too heavily reliant on what is really, and the world is becoming more sharply aware of this, an unscrupulous nation.
2 way street buddy. Let’s see how long your industrial revolution takes without coal or iron ore.
Bye bye China 👋🏼
Now is the time to build up the manufacturing industry in Australia.
Poisoned money anyway. Any rational person would expect an inquest here.
Even if they boycott our exports completely, we still have $200 billion in exports to other nations. No big deal, especially when they have bought up the farms, mines and educational institutions they import from, so they will continue to pay the land tax surcharge irrespective.
Don’t do business with bullies
ScottMorrisonMP don’t you dare cave in to this bs. We have your back, stand strong.
Australia is now globally viewed as the arse jester of US
All countries around the world are reviewing their policies towards China. The country that has the most to lose is China.
RT HirokoTabuchi DrEricDing coldplay NavalWarCollege PreetBharara Xavier_Bettel SquarePegDem KatiePhang jeromeacohen USALINYU China threatens Aussies regarding COVID19 investigation
We lost billions thanks to the ccp virus. Your point is?
Strongest sign you’re in an aabusive relationship, when they do something wrong and then threaten you instead of apologizing. itsoverccp DecoupleChina
Pride, national honour and sticking to your principles are more important. We should all Tell China to go and fu*k itself.
Never mind. We’ll be OK. It’ll be worth it 😂
Australia must requisition all Chinese-owned Land, Property, Businesses, etc until recompense is received from China for starting & spreading the ChinaVirus.
Sell the beef and wine to the US. Their meat industry is on the brink of collapse.
They need you more than you need them don't be bullied
Chinese Yuan or Dignity? Communist China got it wrong about Aussies. They are dignified & independent people. Take your Chinese Yuan & spend it on millions of struggling & hungry Chinese citizens.
The threat leaves me wondering what they have to hide.
What the use of friendship which threaten you.
realDonaldTrump Don't trust China, ChinaIsAssHoe
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