The Economist-Li Qiang and China look to make up with Australia China
June 14, 2024 2 min 239 words
这篇文章主要讲了中国总理李强即将在六月中旬访问澳大利亚，这是七年来中国最高级别官员对澳大利亚的访问。文章提到，中澳关系在过去几年出现了恶化，但两国现在都希望改善关系。澳大利亚总理安东尼阿尔巴尼斯在接待中国来访官员时提到“我支持熊猫”，指的是中国向澳大利亚阿德莱德动物园出借的大熊猫。文章还提到了中澳关系恶化的原因，包括澳大利亚对中国在澳大利亚的影响力进行限制，禁止华为参与5G网络建设，以及澳大利亚前总理斯科特莫里森要求调查新冠病毒的起源等。 评论： 这篇文章虽然在表面上讲的是中澳关系的改善，但整篇文章的基调是负面的，并且有明显的偏见。文章把中澳关系的恶化归咎于中国，而没有客观地分析两国关系出现问题的原因。例如，文章提到澳大利亚对中国在澳大利亚的影响力进行限制，但并没有解释中国在澳大利亚究竟做了什么，让澳大利亚政府感到有必要进行限制。同样，文章也提到了华为被禁止参与5G网络建设，但并没有提到西方情报机构对华为的安全担忧。文章还提到斯科特莫里森要求调查新冠病毒的起源，但并没有提到中国在疫情初期处理不当，以及拒绝向国际社会提供信息。总的来说，这篇文章虽然在报道事实，但选择性地忽略了一些关键的信息，从而引导读者认为中国对中澳关系恶化负有主要责任。这体现了西方媒体常见的对中国带有偏见的报道方式。
“My government is pro-panda,” said Australia’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese, as he prepared to host the highest-ranking Chinese visitor to his country in seven years. Mr Albanese was simply referring to the bears that China has lent to Australia’s Adelaide Zoo. Still, such sound-bites had long been rare before he was elected in 2022. Relations between China and Australia had suffered years of acrimony. The mood is now much changed. During his four-day trip to Australia, beginning on June 15th, China’s prime minister, Li Qiang, will be keen to show that even with one of America’s closest allies, cordial ties are possible.
In China’s political hierarchy, Mr Li is a distant number two to the president, Xi Jinping, who last visited Australia a decade ago. But his trip has much symbolic importance. Under Australia’s previous governments, China hawks held sway. Relations turned particularly sour in 2017 when the prime minister at the time, Malcolm Turnbull, tried to clamp down on Chinese attempts to exert covert influence in Australia. He introduced laws aimed at curbing this. In 2018 he also took the lead among Western powers by banning Chinese involvement in the building of advanced 5G communications networks. His successor, Scott Morrison, infuriated China by calling for an international investigation into the origins of covid-19. China responded with sweeping restrictions on Australian exports to China. Mr Li’s visit is a clear sign that both countries want to move on.