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Announcements Austrade in partnership with Investment New Zealand
are organizing and hosting “Open for Business” in Auckland on 10-11 March
2010. Details are available at: www.austrade.gov.au/investforum2010. The 9th China International Equipment Manufacturing
Exposition will be held from 1-5 September 2010 in Shanyang (Liaoning
Province). More information is
available at: http://www.accci.com.au/CIEM1.pdf
and an invitation to participate in the exposition is available at: http://www.accci.com.au/CIEM2.pdf. News of China’s surging motor car market is given by
Leo Lewis, “US in the Dust as China Becomes World’s Biggest Vehicles
Market”, The Times 12 January 2010.
Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/executive-lifestyle/us-in-the-dust-as-china-becomes-worlds-biggest-vehicles-market/story-e6frg9zx-1225818371230 China became the world’s top exporting nation in
2009. Details at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/world-business/china-cements-export-lead-with-december-surge-20100111-m0y0.html. The Productivity Commission is inviting submissions
for its commissioned study on Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements. Initial submissions are due on 1 March
2010. Key documents, including an
issues paper, are available at: http://www.pc.gov.au/projects/study/trade-agreements. ACCCI monitors developments in China’s autonomous
regions through source material on the Internet. Click “Autonomous Regions Monitor” on the
panel at the left to obtain links to this source material. China’s foreign policy developments are
also monitored, together with the legal system and the political system in
China. ACCCI commends Tony Pun and Dominic Cheng for their
good work with the Chinese Australian Forum.
For those who might want to know more about the Forum, Tony can be
contacted at tonypang@tpg.com.au and Dominic at dominiccheng@yahoo.com.au. Lowy Institute for International Policy is launching
three papers on climate change: “China
and the Global Environment: Learning
from the Past, Anticipating the Future” available at http://www.lowyinstitute.org/Publication.asp?pid=1186. “Comprehending Copenhagen: A Guide to the
International Climate Change Negotiations” available at http://www.lowyinstitute.org/Publication.asp?pid=1177. “The Mekong: River under Threat” available
at: http://www.lowyinstitute.org/Publication.asp?pid=1188. The contents page for Asia
Today International for October/November 2009 is available at: http://www.asiatoday.com.au/pdf/asia2010page3.pdf. Similarly, the contents page for December
2009/January 1010 may be obtained at: http://www.asiatoday.com.au/pdf/atidecjan20101page3.pdf. The Council of Australian
Governments (COAG)established the Ministerial
Council on International Trade (MCIT) on 26 March 2008. The MCIT aims to
facilitate cooperation between governments on measures to enhance Australia’s
international competitiveness and trade performance and to consult on major
issues relating to trade and investment.
A brief description of the 2009 meeting is available at: http://www.dfat.gov.au/trade/mcit/index.html. Peoples Diplomacy through Australasia-China
Key Cities Text of the speech by The Hon. Julie Bishop MP,
Deputy Leader of the Federal Opposition and Shadow Minister for Foreign
Affairs at the Australia-China Business Summit at the Parliament House of NSW
on 31 August 2009 is available at: http://www.accci.com.au/BishopJspeech.pdf. Media release with photograph is available
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Presentation of W
J Liu Esq OBE Memorial Prize for Chinese Studies. Click here for details. Student research papers relating to China
by Nicole Moir and Clement Miu. Global Economic Relations and Governance
with Special Reference to the Indauspac Maritime Community Rowan
Callick, “Dysfunctional Diplomacy”, The Australian, 15 January 2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/dysfunctional-diplomacy/story-e6frg6z6-1225819421164. Conference
in Tokyo on 26 October 2009 is available at http://www.trademinister.gov.au/speeches/2009/091026_keynote_ajbccc.html Keynote
Address by the Hon Simon Crean MP Australian Minister for Trade to the
Australia Japan Business Cooperation Committee Speech by
the Hon Stephen Smith MP Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs entitled
“Australia-China Relations: A Long-Term View” was delivered on 26 October
2009 at Australian National University’s China Institute. It is available at: http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2009/091026_aus_china.html. Joint
Media Announcement with the Australian Prime Minister from the Hon Simon Crean
MP entitled “Largest Australian Free Trade Agreement to Begin in 2010” is
dated 25 October 2009. Available at http://www.trademinister.gov.au/releases/2009/sc_091025_jpr.html. A speech by Hon
Simon Crean on 19 March 2009, giving more information about the trade
agreement, is available at http://www.trademinister.gov.au/speeches/2009/090317_aanzfta.html. “Outcomes
Document” pertaining to the Special Forum Trade Ministers Meeting 23 – 24
October 2009 from the Hon Simon Crean MP Australian Minister for Trade is
available at: http://www.trademinister.gov.au/releases/2009/sc_091024-outcomes.html. Speech by
the Hon Stephen Smith MP Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs entitled
“Australia and India: A Convergence of Interests given in Mumbai to the Asia
Society on 15 October 2009 is available at: http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2009/091015_asia_society.html. Speech by
the Hon Stephen Smith MP Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs is entitled
“Australia: Looking Anew at Latin America and the Caribbean” at the United
Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in Santiago,
Chile on 27 August 2009. Available at:
http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2009/090827_uneclac.html. Address
by the Hon Simon Crean MP Australian Minister for Trade entitled “Our Pacific
Agenda: The Opportunity of PACER Plus” at the opening of the Lowy Institute’s
Conference on Pacific Islands in the World, 2 August 2009 is available at: http://www.trademinister.gov.au/speeches/2009/090802_lowy.html. Speech to
the Hon Stephen Smith MP Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs to
commemorate Africa Day 25 May 2009 isavailable at: http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2009/090525_africa_day.html. China and
the USA in crisis assistance to Latin America: ‘Deals Help China Expand Sway
in Latin America’ in The New York Times 15 April 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/world/16chinaloan.html?_r=1. ‘Obama Published Op-Ed in Advance of Summit
of the Americas’ with text in English in The
Washington Post, 16 April 2009: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/04/16/obama_publishes_op-ed_in_advan.html?wprss=44.
Centre
Stage for the Twenty-first Century: Power Plays in the Indian Ocean, by Robert
D. Kaplan from Foreign Affairs,
March/April 2009. “Into Africa” by Roger Donnelly and
Benjamin Ford is available on the Lowy Institute Internet site: http://www.lowyinstitute.org/Publication.asp?pid=870. Comment on “Into Africa” by Michael C.H.
Jones, entitled “A Must
Read for Strategic Thinkers”. Government Speeches and Reports Text of
media release by the Hon. Simon Crean, Australian Minister for Trade,
entitled, “Congratulations to Chile for Joining the OECD”, dated 16 December
2009. Available at: http://www.trademinister.gov.au/releases/2009/sc_091216. Australian
PM Rudd proclaims New Left 'Framework' and 'Grand Bargain' for Global
Economic Relations and Governance into the 21st Century in an address to the
UN General Assembly. At: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/rudd-speech-to-the-united-nations-20090924-g3nn.html. PM Rudd
asserts a social democratic global narrative in his search for leadership - a
viewpoint on current ideological debate worldwide. At: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26089126-28737,00.html. USA
President Obama addresses first meeting of US-China 'Strategic and Economic
Dialogue’ (G2) on the key questions of the next decade. At: http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/07/27/obamas-remarks-on-the-us-china-relationship/. An
article in the Wall Street Journal
by Hillary Clinton and Timothy Geithner indicating that few global problems
can be solved by either the USA or the PRC acting alone. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204886304574308753825396372.html. Text of opening address at the Boao Forum
for Asia Annual Conference 2009 by Wen Jiabao, 18 April 2009: http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/yfgk/t558306.htm. Full text of Chinese President Hu Jintao’s
speech delivered at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia annual
conference, updated 13/04/2008 is available at: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-04/13/content_6612499.htm. Text of
commentary entitled “History” focuses in several significant events since
1998 at: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-04/08/content_6599692.htm. Text of the speech by His Excellency
Ambassador Zhang Junsai entitled ‘Australia and China: New Directions in
Learning Connections’ presented at the China Education Centre, University of
Sydney, 26 September 2008: In PDF. Observations ACCCI
Observations 1 “On the Purpose and Objectives of the ACCCI Website Homepage”
by Michael C H Jones is dated 23 November 2009. Download from: http://www.accci.com.au/Observations1.pdf. ACCCI
Observations 2 “On
Peoples Diplomacy in the Cities of China and the Right to Interfere” by Michael C H Jones is dated 2 December
2009. Download from: http://www.accci.com.au/Observations2.pdf. ACCCI
Observations 3 “On Indauspac as an International Framework for China's Role
in Global Governance and Economic Relations” by Michael C H Jones is dated 21
December 2009. Download from: http://www.accci.com.au/Observations3.pdf. ACCCI Observations
4 “On China’s Economic and Political Progress During the Past Decade” by John
Zerby is dated 17 January 2010.
Download from: http://www.accci.com.au/Observations4.pdf. Sydney – a Place of Learning: David
Morris, “Time to Sell Sydney’s Extra Dimension”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 January 2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/time-to-sell-sydneys-extra-dimension-20100106-lu7k.html Bernard
Lane, “Sydney Uni Beats Oxford, Harvard in Debating”, The Australian, 5 January 2010.
Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/sydney-uni-beats-oxford-harvard-in-debating/story-e6frg6nf-1225816072115 Oliver
Hartwich, “We Aren’t Just Larrikins”, The
Australian, 24 December 2009.
Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/we-arent-just-larrikins/story-e6frg6zo-1225813288729 Statement
from Bianca Cooper, an education student at the University of Sydney. In
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