Showing papers by "Colin Mackerras published in 2014"
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that terrorism is indeed a real threat, but the Chinese state tends to overreact to disturbances, exacerbating the problems and befriending countries further west, including Turkey.
Abstract: Several major disturbances in Xinjiang in China’s northwest in 2013 have further exacerbated the already tense ethnic relations between the Han Chinese and the main minority in Xinjiang, the Uighurs, who are Turkic and Muslim. The Chinese state blames terrorism but most Western journalists remain sceptical. This article argues that terrorism is indeed a real threat, but the Chinese state tends to overreact to disturbances, exacerbating the problems. China’s response has included befriending countries further west, including Turkey. The outlook is not good for ethnic harmony, but the region is likely to develop economically and the prospects for independence or quasi-independence from China are very poor.
8 citations
TL;DR: The authors analyzes China's impact on Australia-U.S. relations from 1949 to 1996, including how far Australia's China policy followed the American lead, concluding that American influence was dominant, but Australia's own initiative was enough to belie the suggestion that it was no more than a blind follower.
Abstract: This paper analyzes China’s impact on Australia-U.S. relations from 1949 to 1996, including how far Australia’s China policy followed the American lead. The conclusion: American influence was dominant, but Australia’s own initiative was enough to belie the suggestion that it was no more than a blind follower.
4 citations
01 Jan 2014
TL;DR: The authors analyzed and explained Australian attitudes and responses towards China's rise and found that positive images of China reached their height in 2005, a year when positive images appeared to have reached their highest.
Abstract: The aim of this chapter is to analyze and explain Australian attitudes and responses towards China’s rise. Although this rise has been going on for some time now, it has accelerated in the twenty-first century, and that is the period that forms the object of responses in this chapter. As for the responses themselves, they date mainly from since 2005, a year when positive images of China appear to have reached their height. The end time is the beginning of 2013, when the writing of the chapter was completed.