Don’t Fall for the Deceptively Sweet Promises of Beijing

Commentary Selling your soul for short-term advantage is never clever. History is littered with leaders promising “peace in our time” when all they have achieved is just to sell themselves to their adversary. The question on the mind of thinking Australians is whether history is about to repeat itself with their government’s apparent fawning toward the communist dictatorship in Beijing. The visit of Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Australia is not to be misinterpreted as a genuine goodwill visit. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) only visits for a purpose and it is simply to further its expansionist interests. It is all about cementing the dictatorship’s interests....