Australia & China Are Not Enemies: Penny Wong, Australia's New Foreign Minister | In Conversation

[@godzillamothra5983]

Action speaks louder than words. Australia can claim they are not enemy with China, but their actions speak differently.

[@familyfamily5541]

CCP is the Satan and the freedom world will do the needful now.

[@henry1727]

Tell me the actions we've done to be provocative? China is the one putting tariffs on us and having a tantrum.

[@pjacobsen1000]

As do China's actions.

[@shutup51916]

@@pjacobsen1000 Shouldn't China defense its right as well? Who started it first?

[@pjacobsen1000]

@@shutup51916 Yes, both China and Australia have the right to defend their interests. No reason to get angry about it.

[@oliverstone9681]

Australia is not adult enough,she has to get permission from US to decide.

[@henry1727]

Because our leaders are puppets.

[@imanafdar]

Yeah a proxy state

[@dinghonkim1069]

You are right. Ask the boss first.

[@kkhong1836]

Australia is definitely the deputy sheriff of USA. If not true, why so defensive?

[@cyber8019]

The real word is proxy of USA. USA, Canada, UK, Australia are all Anglo countries with the same ancestors, they will unite themselves. This is unlike Chinese countries like China, Taiwan and Singapore who are fighting among themselves.

[@naguoning]

Because Australia doesn't always follow/agree with the USA on everything. They are allied and have a lot of similar views but certainly not the same on all things. Japan, Taiwan etc are also allied with the USA on many matters but we are not a deputy of the USA.

[@cyber8019]

@@naguoning In terms of internal affairs, Australia will do things differently but in terms of external affairs like China and Russia, it always in the same frequency. Stop talking bs. Australia is different from Taiwan. Taiwan will NOT kill its own brothers in China, but Australia will definitely nuke China.

[@JenHope118]

Pappy of the Autocrat.

[@shutup51916]

@@naguoning Aussie is prime example of a lapdog to the US.

[@greatasia606]

Russia and China can arm Indonesia. Australia will be less naughty when Indonesia becomes more powerful.

[@insomniamode6176]

Borneo island has very good potential indeed

[@henry1727]

"less naughty" What have we done that warrants such a provocation? The Indonesian government's treatment of Papuans is enough of a justification to end our diplomatic ties to your excuse of a nation.

[@PK-mr2fm]

@@henry1727 ask the Australia aboriginal native 😱

[@henry1727]

@@PK-mr2fm What about them? That we give them free healthcare and accommodation? It's so rich hearing south east asians talk about the treatment of natives when they massacred their own throughout their ancient expansion into the islands. No human's hands throughout history are without blood.

[@MyOhwhatever]

😂 tell you a joke, in the 80s Australians were so worry that Indonesia may take the Northern Territory, kid you not we were debating this topics in University. There I was as the only Asian-Australian in the class, was thinking to myself, Indonesian at the time barely has enough to eat let alone has any sort of military power that can defend their more than 17,000 archipelago and yet there I was sitting and listening to this rubbish in one of Australia top University. Australian politicians these days, which could be some of my classmates then, nothing surprises me.

[@kealee6350]

Well Australian foreign policy is going nowhere unless Australian is independent country.

[@maxyogi]

Unfortunately. And a sentiment shared by a Many Australian. YOU. Are completely correct. Doesn't mean it will happen though.

[@vilester]

As an Australian 100% agree with this comment. Our foreign policy has been highjack by uncle Sam for a very long time.

[@praisethelegendarymessiahs2617]

@Arabic Reja Your head is empty full of ignorance.

[@hendrik7502]

Totally agree

[@edmurks236]

@Arabic Reja Australia lost its sovereignty to the US long ago and with the Uk it never had it. Still tied to the Queen and a constitutional monarchy. Hardly a democracy even.

[@leelaitiam19]

Interviewer is correct -1 is white Anglo Saxon the other thousands of miles away is also white Anglo Saxon that's why they have security pact. Aust not part of ASEAN. Just outside part of SEA and deputy sheriff of USA. And a obedient party to USA.

[@sueschoers4974]

You do not seem to realise that the US, is the biggest investor in Australia & China comes in 5th. This is called not biting the hand that feeds you. I am sure if China invested as much or more than US, then Australia would be singing a different tune.

[@praisethelegendarymessiahs2617]

@Arabic Reja Mahathir doesnt want Australia to be part of ASEAN.

[@edmurks236]

@Arabic Reja Not yet!

[@cyber8019]

Australia is a white-dominated country and a proxy of the USA. Penny Wong was chosen because she's anti-China even though she's ethnic Chinese from Malaysia. What a shame to her ancestors indeed.

[@cungcung5042]

@@praisethelegendarymessiahs2617 None of ASEAN countries does

[@greatasia606]

She just couldn't say out that daddy America has been using trade to...and Australia will execute all instructions from daddy.

[@henry1727]

If you're saying that we're puppeted by the US how are the actions of our government the Australian people's fault?

[@greatasia606]

@@henry1727 Australia is a democracy. So Australians shall be fully responsible for their government's actions.

[@Kvasiir]

@@greatasia606 true. A true democracy is hard for Singaporeans to recognise

[@saturationstation1446]

australia is openly loyal to the uk. their flag literally has the uk flag on it.. stop smoking meth

[@directxxxx71]

Australia's foreign policy is just kinda " old wine in new bottles", nothing much has changed...

[@jimmywang1586]

@@saccount-z3 so nothing should change? Not even ScoMo / Albo?

[@ylu7450]

”Australia & China Are Not Enemies: Penny Wong, Australia's New Foreign Minister“。 From any angle, for the last 6 or 7 years, Australia has treated China like an enemy. I don't think anybody can dispute this.

[@johnbodman4504]

Penny has been given a hard job undoing the damage that Morrison and Dutton did, when they stated that they would go to war with China over Tiawan. At least the current PM has had the brains to appoint Penny the hard job of repairing the damage done between Australia and China. If Penny can't do it, nobody can.

[@francischoong5966]

It's ok. Everything happens for a reason. Now speak with honesty and integrity. Truth and honesty shall prevail

[@fvalemus5377]

Australians think that ASEAN people and Chinese are stupid. Wong Ying-Yen should have not insulted our intelligence.

[@johndoe1121able]

@@fvalemus5377 agree. The OZ government is a hypocrite.

[@junkeatng]

The Morrison govt acted like a lapdog of the US with Morrison himself excelling as the arch Chihuahua. Its likely that Albanese will be just a slightly watered down version.

[@godfrieza9924]

Just like China has been Russia’s bi*ch for generations 😂😂😂

[@oceanwave4502]

Taiwan and Australia compete with each other to be the "Ukraine of Asia". 😅

[@kwlee8420]

Are chihuahua rabid?? Or does it like to make a lot of noise, and barking up the wrong tree, to boot. LOL.

[@penguinlin85]

The people of China are slaves to the CCP. I know where I rather be.

[@penguinlin85]

🇨🇳🧬☠️

[@anonchen3712]

19:36 "Australia wants a region where sovereignty is respected and where power and size do not determine outcome". That's what everyone wants in order to have peace and security. But Australia's actions and cries over Solomon Island's decision contradicts what you've just said ... and to top it off, China wasn't even going to build any military bases there at all, as finally concluded by its PM.

[@hamiorg]

Australia has changed its position because the people have changed the government and Prime minister. They can do that, they have that power

[@anonchen3712]

@@hamiorg Hope you're right. Everybody wants peace & security.

[@MrGaryZhou]

If that is what she believes, US should be the first one to kick out.

[@boonteoh2346]

No l don't think Oz will change much in term of Foreign policy as Oz is virtually US watchdog. Gough Whitlam demise attested to what can happen if Oz deviate from US directives. Another cheek from the same bum, so to speak, a forked tongue, no matter which party is in power in Oz. Just because Penny is Chinese, does not mean she will be siding with China. Also, she has been subjected to pressure by the Anglosaxon supremacists to "toe" the line. Sorry l don't trust the present Govt to go against the grain, seen by Albo's recent narratives, to me, a lame politician!!

[@johnschannel449]

CHINA DOES NOT BELONG IN THE PACIFIC, Why the hell does CHina need a military base in the Solomons thousands of miles from china, AUSTRALIA AND the USA will klck china out of the pacific if it builds a base

[@anonchen3712]

19:47 Weaponization of trade? Go advise your big bro first. Australia is currently in no position to weaponize its trade. My suspicion is (depending on which party is in power), it would if it could. For Chinese, not trading with people who label us an enemy makes sense ... a) supply chain insecurity b) support partners who are friendly to us c) why finance Australia's arming of missiles and nuke subs against us?

[@claudiocarrera9552]

What are you doing on the inetrnet? this is banned by your police regime. -50 social points for you li pink

[@anonchen3712]

​ @Claudio Carrera Unlike your closed mind, there's no police regime in motherland. Lots of freedom to express ourselves in weibo, freedom from violence, freedom to law and order, freedom not to riot, freedom to earn a decent living for our loved ones etc ...but no freedom to express our views on youtube, twitter. Ironic! ... You just don't know how limited your worldview is. So sad.

[@claudiocarrera9552]

@@anonchen3712 What a load of brainwashed crap!!!! Your internet is blocked from accessing real information, your totalitarian police regime kill you and harvest your organs if you go against their pathetic ideology, you are being locked up as I type!!! you have no freedoms, china is the most surveillanced people on the planet, you have credit scores you loser! you are fooling no one apart from your idiotic selves you ccp dog! We in the free world look at china like a joke that is run by ccp clowns hahahah you sound so dumb, i feel sorry for you lil pink. Hope you spend your 50cents wisely, because your economy is collapsing along with your tofu buildings hahahah

[@brentonpaton7971]

We don't need the genocidal crinese crybabies imperialist wannabees arrogant losers India will leave them well behind we don't need the crinese crybabies thanks to there foolish 1 child policy there population is declining rapidly crina 3rd in 3 decades

[@MetaView7]

china buying iron ore from australia scomo disses china china stops buying wine. australia: china is weaponizing trade china buys more iron ore australia: china is weaponizing trade china-australia trade reaches record high australia: china is weaponizing trade world iron ore price doubles australia: lets sock it to china (but we are not weaponizing trade) china buys even more iron ore at record world prices, but still no wine australia: china is weaponizing trade world iron ore price collapses (back to normal) australia: china bad. china is manipulating world price (as if china has the power to manipulate world price) australia: china is weaponizing trade

[@arcencielc2065]

Australia will earn more respect if it doesn't bark whenever America says so.

[@kerra3699]

Australia does not bark, and not at any others request. Australians are quite capable of defining and acting on their OWN interests. There are many countries that have similar interests, and speak to those interests on their own accord, as does Australia.

[@greatasia606]

@@kerra3699 The US: Dogs, bark. Japan: Woof! Woof! Woof! Australia: Woof! Woof! Woof! The UK: Woof! Woof! Woof! Canada: Woof! Woof! Woof! Ukraine: Woof! Woof! Woof! Lithuania: Woof! Woof! Woof! Poland: Woof! Woof! Woof!

[@ninjafilmz7495]

@@jack99889988I bet you buy US lobster and wine. Lol.. quit telling Australians how to think wumao. Can't trust china, won't even let there people withdrawal money fron the bank. Scam and counterfeit capitol of the world

[@robinlee6623]

@@kerra3699 why Australia need nuclear submarine？ because Australia need to protect its trade waterway from China who is Australia‘s biggest trade partner？ China so why Australia wanna protect its trade water way from China to make sure it can continue trade with China？ yeah，because my American daddy told me to do

[@robinlee6623]

@Arabic Reja no one care opinion from failed state ，by “failed state ”，I mean India ，the country which described by an American professor as “the giant sh*t hole”

[@Cubs3344]

From what I see Australia just echoing the voice of the US.

[@shutup51916]

Cause script prepared by the US

[@Kvasiir]

Of course. It’s a western 1st world county that values align with USA, unlike China

[@illiiilli24601]

Last time Australia stood up to the US, its PM was sacked, and parliament was dissolved when they spoke up.

[@razorwarrior3749]

Bruh, Australia is the 51st state of the US

[@slc801]

Sovereignty is respected ?! yet you sent your soldiers to Iraq Afghanistan Vietnam and where ever the US tells you to go !! Loads of rubbish.

[@stevencher9968]

The interviewer is an experience journalist from a small but very smart country. Penny Wong couldn't explain the Huawei issue for at least the US could bully the world without a justified reason as an arrogant superpower, whereas Australia is stuck between obeying orders and to be seen as a sovereign state with independent policies.

[@familyfamily5541]

CCP raped your dear dearest grandmother 74 yrs ago and keep on raping your mother china now.

[@irritatedanglosaxon1705]

She is smart like Chinese, she is genius and that's my type

[@brentonpaton7971]

We will never bow down to the genocidal crinese crybabies imperialist wannabees we don't need these losers

[@douglasnakamura6753]

Huawei is a good example of Chinese bullying. It is up to Australia which provider supplies 5G networks, not China.

[@queenbeauty6170]

@@douglasnakamura6753 >>> Did China force Australia to use Huawei ? And do you have rights to choose which network you want? Who is bullying who?

[@vbch1396]

Have we ever disagree with the US on what they said?

[@kerra3699]

Australia is quite capable of speaking on its own interests. As are all countries in the region. That is the US included. In most cases there is little reason to disagree as many in the region share common interests.

[@fillerposer7307]

@Arabic Reja because no major power was there before

[@vbch1396]

OK, if AU acts on its national interests, AU didnt have to pay compensation to France for contract cancellation on submarine deals. AU could have re negotiate for nuclear subs with France, it makes business logical sense. France has nuclear subs tech . That would be win-win case for AU, France, and not upset China and others in the region. Taxpayers lost millions.

[@dexterdr.7020]

the ppl of Austrailia and the ppl of China used be like best trading partners, having no conflict of interests whatsoever... until Washington didn't feel like about it and whispered to the ears of Austrilian a story of "China hides under your bed and eat your toes at night" through proxy agencies such as ASPI, whose salaries are mainly paid by US weapon manufacturers. souls were sold and the deal was made. Australia's fate and fortune was tuned into another direction and now to be the price which US is willing to pay in order to counter China's rise.

[@vbch1396]

Arabic Reja. You misread my text. AU paid the compensation, but that could have been unnecessary if AU had renegotiated with France on new contract with nuclear subs. Taxpayers have lost hundreds of millions for the unnecessary cancellation fee.

[@yvesl.1125]

Wait, should solomon's sovereign decision be respected by Aussie!

[@JenHope118]

Same as Cuba having military bases , why need to get permission from the autocrat, I don't understand this.

[@shutup51916]

No, cause they r their backyard.

[@douglasnakamura6753]

It is respected by Aussie. The problem is the CCP bribing Pacific leaders causing division.

[@shutup51916]

@@douglasnakamura6753 LOL you should do comedy, pretty funny.

[@Kvasiir]

@@shutup51916 truth hurts.

[@joekerr2879]

Come on Penny, be honest ! You were interviewed in the country with the highest national IQ in the world ! They are no fools and neither is China which also has one of the highest national IQ in the world.

[@henry1727]

Just because you're smart doesn't mean your intentions are good.

[@joekerr2879]

@@henry1727 Who is talking about good intentions, kid ? I am saying that Chinese are no fools ! They can read the Aussies like a book !

[@tonymoy5291]

@@joekerr2879 edition, we Chinese worldwide read Aust. like an open book. Lmao

[@henry1727]

@@joekerr2879 I am saying that Australians are no fools! They can read the Chinese like a book!

[@shutup51916]

@@henry1727 Can they really read? Thought they blindly follow orders from the bully US.

[@ldon4002]

She speaks with a soft tone, but in essence still the usual twisted logic. She argues that her country should have the right to be selective with foreign investment, but denies the same right for other countries to be selective with trades.

[@edmurks236]

Not her true tone she is actually very very nasty and sarcastic!

[@Kvasiir]

It doesn’t cut both ways though that’s entirely inaccurate. China buys Australian ports (Darwin for example) but does not allow that kind of investment in their country. They’ve always been hypocrites

[@hangtuah888]

When you have the moral courage of a cat on heat, what do you expect? The fact and truth of the matter is that Australia is a lapdog of the Disunited States acting on their behest and sending their citizens to death for foreign wars. Stupidity does not have any bound with these bogans.

[@edmurks236]

@@Kvasiir No one forced Australia to sell the port to China. It was a business transaction and Australia got carried away by its own greed. Not China's fault Australia knows what the rules of the game are...so why bring up irrelevances its beside the point.

[@Kvasiir]

@@edmurks236 not irrelevant at all. It’s the same with the housing market in Australia. Chinese investors buy up thousands of homes and never live in them pushing locals out. However Australians can’t buy in Chinese property market? (Although they would you, rich Chinese leave China for good reason lol)

[@anonchen3712]

The framing of Huawei as "unfriendly and can't be trusted" does imply (as stated by interviewer) that China is indeed framed under the "Friend or Foe" category ... regardless of PW's insistence that Australia retains its sovereign right to investment in their critical infrastructure 19:19. The question raised isn't about rights to sovereign decisions; it's about the implication and framing of China as a foe. Australia's actions speak louder and clearer than words from forked tongues.

[@kindface]

I’m actually disappointed that Penny has come across in this interview as really a greenhorn in foreign policy, particularly when so much of Australia’s is framed in the context of China, a circumstance largely of Canberra’s own making.

[@user-if1vh8po2f]

@@kindface She IS a Greenhorn . . . A kid trying to act Tough!!!

[@kooisengchng5283]

Australia is over beholden to US to ever think of driving its own agenda. Hwawe has never been proven to have a back door for China to spy on everyone using it. The spying bit is created by US to justify its opposition to anything Chinese. Australia can decide what to use for its own tech development but to say that Huawei cant be trusted is, as the native Americans use to say, speaking with forked tongue. Just remember, Australia is judged by what it does more than by what it says. We in SEA are not dumbos.

[@shutup51916]

Still waiting for the US and its lapdogs to provide evidence about Huawei. Oh yeah, NONE!

[@MetaView7]

nobody really cares australia banned huawei. It is australia's loss. Australia will continue to be the backwater. It does not matter. No one cares.

[@user-th2lx3wl6s]

Australia has been a beneficiary of China's rapid development in the past 40 years. In terms of industrial structure, there is no competition between the two countries. In 2018, the Morrison government followed Donald Trump's lead in treating China as an enemy and implementing a series of anti-China policies.

[@douglasnakamura6753]

China must realise that although Australia is a tiny country economically and militarily, it will not be bullied. A good start would be for President Xi to publically apologise for the illegal trade sanctions on tiny Australia, illegal claims in the SCS and ECS and threats to attack Taiwan.

[@lachlansydney2149]

There is no competition between Australia and China. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4nPfauHr7BmaZY

[@Carstininvestments]

China threatens Taiwan weekly with armed invasion. China has built and is building military bases on stolen atolls and islands in the South China Sea. It claims land belonging to Vietnam and the Philippines, among others, as China's own. It is not Australia or the US that is acting aggressively. It is China.

[@user-th2lx3wl6s]

@@Carstininvestments China is Taiwan and Taiwan is China. Taiwan's government's territory includes the South China Sea and mainland China. And why do you care if China invades China? An idiot.

[@johntse8655]

@@douglasnakamura6753 what is the use of bullying a lapdog? it has already been owned.

[@gemiado]

She ended the conversation with “friends” to describe the wished Australia and ASEAN relationships, but not with China. So indeed there is relationship of friends or foes

[@quanwang4562]

nope... not friend but definitely not a foe as well

[@edmurks236]

Adverseries is what China described Australia and they were not wrong.

[@cungcung5042]

@@edmurks236 Considering the attitude that Australia has been showing toward them in the last five years, I think it's not surprising to see that the current state of their relation is adverserial.

[@edmurks236]

@@cungcung5042 Very true . It was/is disgusting.

[@naguoning]

@@cungcung5042 Have a look at how China has acted to Australia and many countries in Asia (eg sea claims with their absurd 9 dash line).

[@tofanchung9371]

Actions speak louder than words, it explains everything crystal clear. Thank you

[@coronavirusisacommunistchi845]

Yep, China attacked Australia with their Chinese coronavirus bioweapon so China is the enemy.

[@janmanchow8488]

ASEAN's foreign policy towards China is as friends and trading partners. Australia's foreign policy towards China has been the same as the US...as 'competitors' a term which is taken by most people...as "enemies". Penny Wong is confused ..when she said "we" have similar foreign polices. Albanese, a few days ago, openly stated Australian policy towards China ...(using almost the exact words Biden used) ...Australia will compete with China...when it has to compete. (here, competition means being hostile).

[@kindface]

I’d cut Penny a bit more slack and consider that she hasn’t really quite thought through very clearly or granularly her government’s position on China. To keep repeating this trope about China’s coercion by virtue of size (whether in trade or regional presence) tells me the Albenese government either has pretty much the same lens on China as their predecessors or, if not, then it’s got a rather muddled articulation of their own lens.

[@peaceleader7315]

Australian media never talking good about China.. just bias and hate.. Australia should be nice to it's largest trading partner and stop escalating nuclear arms race within the pacific nations.

[@shutup51916]

Aussie just said whatever the notes prepared by the US. It just doesn't realize that US can't even compete with China, how can this little nobody compete with China, lol.

[@naguoning]

@@shutup51916 Compete with China in what? Blocking most of the internet?Banks in HeNan not being able to pay out deposits? Attacking people who protest their money disappearing in those banks? Property collapse that might be the biggest the world has ever seen? Sex ratio of male/female that is more crazy than any other country? The average income of Australians is a LOT higher than Chinese. Sure less people and thus a smaller economy but on a per capita basis they are far better off than Chinese will ever be if the CCP stays in power.

[@hangtuah888]

@@kindface Yes, you are spot on, the clothes have changed but the personnel wearing it remain the same as these lapdogs are not going to have an independent mind of their own. Simple things like the customer is always right escaped their simpleton's mind.

[@crishhari5903]

I find it very hard to believe Australia wants too see a strong ASEAN, especially Indonesia. Strong ASEAN has for more demerit than merits for Australia. In geo-politics, you don't want your neighbouring countries to be strong. Past policis of Australia was just that. Weaken the neighbouring countries so you are the sole developed country/ regional power in the region.

[@ivanflinnable]

You speak as if we are not part of ASEAN, so let me correct you. Many of us (Aussies) are dual citizens and bilingual. Penny Wong encapsulates the Australia of today, and we want prosperity of the whole region, not only Australia as our home country but also Asia, ASEAN and Pacific, where we have family, relatives and friends.

[@nambelas]

Indeed, Australian government still sees themselves as an Anglosphere nation first and foremost. It's pretty much another satellite country for both UK and US. Just one drop of Penny Wong can't change that perception, but it's good to see some colours/diversity at long last. As China (and ASEAN) gets stronger, it will inadvertently instill more Asian-friendly influence within US and Australia government.

[@ivanflinnable]

@@nambelas that’s not true at all and you diminish people like me, for what purpose? Your racist sentiment towards “Anglo” only serve hatred and division. Your malign and cynical attitude is what’s wrong with the world.

[@crishhari5903]

@@ivanflinnable Very naive thinking. In geo-politics, competition is the name of the game. Just because Australia has hundreds of thousands of people from ASEAN region doesn't means Australia will stop looking out for it's interest. If ASEAN countries interest and Australia's interest clashs, Australian government isn't going to back down just because of ASEAN population living in their country. Just ask the Americans of Japanese origin how well they lived during WW2.

[@nambelas]

@@ivanflinnable Ah, here comes the personal attack again. You can speak to yourself and your own community regarding the widespread anti-Asian violence in the West. See who's racist here.

[@crimsoncoyote1660]

It is so sad to see the great country of Australia at the beckon call of US politics. This has been so detrimental to the Australian economy.

[@lachlansydney2149]

Australia's economy is doing fine. It's a developed country. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4nPfauHr7BmaZY

[@robeson1231]

Australia is not great

[@lachlansydney2149]

@@robeson1231 This is Australia. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHWrcpmheJeca68

[@johnbodman4504]

It has destroyed our economy and the yanks want ninety billion from us, for submarines, to fight in THEIR war against China.

[@syphonlo5112]

How great Australia is? She doesn't seem to be!

[@smun3217]

Penny Wong was born chinese but have now evolved to a "masalei" Australians forgot that it was China's import from 2008-2019 that offset the economic downturn in Australia, just like China buying up the US bonds. Australia threw the first punch at China in 2019 and now wants a truce. So why should China want to restart a trading relationship with Australia.

[@lachlansydney2149]

Australia owes China nothing. China is just a customer of Australia.

[@naguoning]

Penny Wong's father is Malaysian (of ethnically Chinese origin). She is not from China at all.

[@eveleung8855]

RMB payment 😂😂😂😂😂 already started with their coal trade

[@eveleung8855]

​ @naguoning Doesn't matter, majorities of the mainland Chinese share the same ethnic as her, I hope she wouldn't forget that, not asking her to side with China, but not does anything to hurt her fellow ethnic brethren! She can act as a bridge between the two countries, seek mutual benefit for both side, and try to find a win win solution for both China and Australia!

[@lachlansydney2149]

@@eveleung8855 Penny Wong will act in the best interest of Australia.

[@bengjongoh3215]

“Australia wants a region where sovereignty is respected ……..”, said Penny Wong. How does incessantly meddling in China’s internal affairs reconcile with this stand?

[@acsdover]

Also interfering in Solomon Islands' sovereignty. Speaking with forked tongue.

[@davidt5185]

Talk is cheap la ;)

[@keeboon66]

Lin XueLing was very impressive. Penny Wong was unconvincing. Australia blocked Huawei based on sovereign decision. Similarly, China has every rights to raise tariffs on Australia's products based on sovereign decision too.

[@Kvasiir]

It doesn’t cut both ways though that’s entirely inaccurate. China buys Australian ports (Darwin for example) but does not allow that kind of investment in their country. They’ve always been hypocrites

[@lachlansydney2149]

Ericsson and Nokia are safer 5G options for Australia.

[@MetaView7]

@@Kvasiir ROTFLMAO china did not buy australian ports. australia needs ports to handle export. Australia's ports need upgrade (ie $$$ investment). Australia needs management know-how to run the ports. china offered to build the ports (with $$$). china offered to lease the port (with $$$). China offered to do more upgrades to the ports ($$$) china offered to lease the ports (with $$$ every year) and manage the ports (it spells employment ! ). if you have the know-how, you can go to china and run a port too. Which some european experts did many years ago. stop sulking with fake news. It won't change the facts. It will only damage your self-esteem.

[@user-if1vh8po2f]

@@lachlansydney2149 Watch this on youtube: "We only BANNED Huawei because the US told us to - UK Leader"

[@lachlansydney2149]

@@user-if1vh8po2f Huawei is not the only 5G option. Ericsson and Nokia are safer 5G options.

[@jimmystar6730]

I don't think China miss Australia at all. Plus, no matter how good you can glue back the broken mirror, you can never erase the cracks.

[@insomniamode6176]

Plus Australia must remain like this for as long as possible. Don't get any fresh ideas.

[@jimmystar6730]

@@insomniamode6176 Thanx for reiterated it.

[@oceanwave4502]

The fatal problem of democracy is that they lack long-term vision and big-picture view. "Hide one's strength; bide the time" has never been in democracy's playbook...

[@henry1727]

What "cracks"? I can list as many horrendous things done by your government.

[@MyOhwhatever]

I think that’s the difference, the western government get to where they are through their talks and may be a little actions will be good enough to get them elected. On the other hand , the Chinese politicians need to go thru a hard slog fest from bottom to the top and get to where they are thru lots of sacrifices and smart manoeuvring skills and merits, there will be adversaries that got “brushed” asides no doubt, but I think this has been the same Chinese politicians since the time of the ages from dynasty to dynasty, different era but of the same historical background.

[@ongchinlam4631]

Hi everyone Do you know what Australia did to Solomon Islands

[@naguoning]

Yes. It has supplied more foreign aid and for a longer time than any other country did to the Solomons.

[@henry1727]

What did Australia do to the solomon islands? Give them independence with millions of dollars worth of foreign aid and opportunities to live and work in Australia? China is a subversive octopus spreading its tentacles into the pockets of corrupt politicians.

[@shutup51916]

It failed to bear fruits in its backyard.

[@aave865]

The minister jumps the gun on some of the difficult questions asked. Little does she knows the presenter is trying help her correct China's negative and incorrect impression of Austrslia. See the ending question asked .

[@kindface]

Yours is a good take on what Lin was trying to do. And even if she were not trying to do that, her questions were great opportunities for Penny to enlighten the audience where they might be different from the Morrison government. Unfortunately, Penny missed the opportunities.

[@wongc261]

Never trust what politicians say, judge them by what they do.

[@Bhupinder550]

And why do they do so.

[@Ivan6161bl]

Has Australia gotten consent from US before making any agreements with China?

[@kerra3699]

Nonsense.

[@claudiocarrera9552]

lil pink troll

[@shutup51916]

@Arabic Reja Did you get consent from mommy to use the phone?

[@shutup51916]

@Arabic Reja Kid, past your bedtime.

[@leoncioco3305]

PW will have a difficult time managing 🇨🇳/Australia relation. She wants China to drop all sanctions imposed on Australian product. In fairness is she ready to defy her master (US ) n allow Huawei in Australia? There’s no free lunch PW.

[@shutup51916]

China should not even waste their time engaging with this spineless country until it can stand up to the bully US, which it won't.

[@minglim70]

There was 1 reply to this post. I can't see anything. What's happened?

[@saturationstation1446]

eurocentric countries dont produce anything but problems for POC

[@frankyapp4982]

Good job Penny Wong and my sincere congratulations. As a matter of fact China is never an Australian's enemy. The problem with Australia is it has become a US's stooge esp under the previous Morrison's administration. I hope the new Labor administration led by PM Anthony and Miss Wong as FM,ties between Australia and China would improve as soon as possible

[@kongdingyou6723]

Dont keep talking about international communities that just include Anglo Saxon countries !!!

[@lehang8911]

This is why the world never live in peace ever since the Bristish Empire arrived. The Anglophone want the world live in their ways, theirs rules and theirs valuas If not, you are a foe. ( enemies states). Falkland is belong to UK, Guantanamo Bay from Cuba is " leased byUS with no end day and no paid"... These are the rules, justices under Anglophone... and it is why the world can not live in peace

[@henry1727]

Is there a problem with being friends with your kin?

[@MetaView7]

@@henry1727 the world is not just US/UK/EU. Your white privilege card had expired on Dec 31, 1999.

[@hangtuah888]

She has to as she is a banana. Do you know what a banana is? It is a perjorative term reserved for those into self loathing of their skin.

[@henry1727]

@@hangtuah888 I dont care what she is or what SHE wants, I care if she represents me and my family who are white Australians in a region dominated by others.

[@wk9378]

Spoken like a politician. Remember the old saying "White man speaks with fork tongue"

[@henry1727]

More like Chinese man speaks with fork tongue.

[@Kvasiir]

Yes, and Chinese are known for their supreme honesty 🥲

[@aa-hb3tg]

@@henry1727 why are u so butthurt U are aware that ur kind (anglo saxon) is going extinct in coming 100 yrs ? Accept this in same way aboriginals accepted their fate. Come to peace dear nothing u can do will change this

[@jbqu3142]

no i don't remember. do you?

[@wmchan44]

The current Australian government inherited all these conflicts with China from the previous Morrison government. They have a chance now for a clean break from all those "hostile to China" actions made by Morrison or choose to "act tough" and continue with the inherited confrontations. Do not miss this chance for the "reset" even if you don't like the word.

[@quanwang4562]

under the US watch,,it is not that easy to begin with as some clean break..but things would turn better as the US is seeking some sort of de-escalation between the two.

[@wmchan44]

@@quanwang4562 Australia's FM in the interview claimed that her Australian government will act in the best interest of Australia and not in another country's interest. Australia now need to wean itself from the USA umbilical cord and don't get involved in the hegemony struggle between China and USA. Act fast and act now to do the reset as the opportunity will not come again.

[@edmurks236]

There will be no clean break the last govt and this one are still lapdogs or running dogs as the occasion demands for the US/UK.Maybe there will be a "pretend " reset but listening to whats coming out of the stupidity of Albos mouth and Wongs mouth about China and what China should or should not do do not count on it.

[@edmurks236]

@Arabic Reja They were not. It was the insulting manner and attitude/behavior on the way it was to be conducted. Any country would object that that kind of disrespect and abuse.

[@edmurks236]

@Arabic Reja Australia on their lapdog obedience to the US.

[@zsarimaxim692]

Friend or foe, that’s decided in Washington, not Canberra.

[@liuantony638]

insightful

[@jbqu3142]

hey, whatever!! we stand united, 5 eyes, free world, democracies, quad, etc.

[@WalkOverHotCoal]

Despite denials to the contrary, Australia is firmly in the American camp. During the periods before John Howard, it was strategically ambiguous which side Australia will take. Scott Morrison and now Albanese, are no longer leaving wriggling room for guessing...it is with America all the way. Penny Wong is wasting time and efforts to pretend the opposite is true. In fact, I think the new labor government is even more eager to please America, judging by the flurry of activities in the Pacific. It is not being done without someone pushing, and I dare say it is America which is doing it. The rapid response of America to inject money into the region, and the establishment of US embassies, are no co-incidence. When the British Empire found itself worn out, Australia took over the baton and became the de facto caretaker/colonist of the Pacific region. But Australia, like the British before it, thought that region is but a bunch of islands populated with people who relied on them financially and for protection. So it was easy for them to be taken for granted until China burst into the scene. So it is not really a surprise that Penny Wong is doing the bidding of America to play a bigger role, to yet again become a caretaker/de facto overlord for a superpower, this time it is America's turn. Remember when the Solomon Islands was rumored to host a Chinese military base, America and Australia were foaming at the mouth, drawing red lines, and America even threatened military action over that? Nice efforts, Penny Wong, but we know which side of your bread is buttered.

[@lachlansydney2149]

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[@pjacobsen1000]

When you're a relatively small country with only 25 million people, it makes good sense to ally yourself with someone else. And the best ally is someone who is both strong and who shares your values and ideals. Other countries which share values and ideals with China may ally with China. It is as it should be.

[@lvjinbin28]

@@pjacobsen1000 China used to communist and allied with socialism world, but now China didn't care about ideology anymore after 1978 and make friends with any country, so if Australia really put her value first then attack China for USA, you really mean because China is communist? then why Australia is so friendly with communist Vietnam? well, Australia shouldn't get mad if lose RED MONEY,

[@pjacobsen1000]

@@lvjinbin28 "make friends with any country". Obviously not with countries that behave like Australia, so there must be limits to who China will make friends with. What do you think those limits are?

[@johnbodman4504]

Penny has been put into an impossible position by the pro American leaders of her party.

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[@robertsnelling]

At last it is heartening to hear an Australian Foreign Minister with the intelligence and perception to bring balance and rational insight into the critical relationship between Australia and China. The current danger to this relationship is the persistent meddling of the USA.

[@johnbodman4504]

I agree with you, Australia must stop taking orders from America.

[@johnm7267]

Exactly, but Wongs words don’t match Australia’s actions, it is to allow American nuclear B52 bombers to be placed in Australia, thereby angering China

[@walterchin8832]

Ms. Lin is quite knowledgeable on Far East geopolitics which Minister Penny Wong is on the hot seat.

[@kindface]

First time I’ve watched Penny Wong. A little surprised that she comes across as a little testy or defensive with some of the questions being asked. And that her approach is one of pushing back on rather than answering some of the questions. I was hoping she would be a puff of fresh air (compared to the Morrison government) and a revelation.

[@katong1953]

@kindface. I agree with you. I was hoping she would position her government's policy in relation China in contrast to the loyal lapdog policy of the Morrison government. Being testy is not the way to do it. She sounds more like making nuanced adjustments to the Morrison policy rather than making a clear emergence from insanity.

[@ochoonda]

She’s more articulate than her predecessor but not less dodgy. Time will tell if this new Aussie government can shake off American control over Australian politics. At the end of the day, she better be acting after Australia’s interests not Uncle Sam’s.

[@kindface]

@@katong1953 You’re spot on.

[@kindface]

@@ochoonda She really strikes me as not having thought through in great granularity or cohesion what her government stands for in their foreign policy as regards China. She also doesn’t really strike me as being very articulate - all I’m hearing are really just slap-dashes of trending adjectives in diplomatic speak the sum of which doesn’t really enlighten me one bit what exactly she’s on about.

[@keieichsee]

@@kindface Australia at this moment probably needs the best FM when it comes to dealing with China. She certainly is not one. It beggars belief why she was chosen in the first place.

[@tkam9]

You can tell the strain in Penny's face when she tried to explain that Australia is a lapdog, ah sorry...not poodle or is chihuahua of the U.S. She said all the nice politically correct narratives such as Australia makes sovereign decision for the United States interests, opps, my bad I meant Australian interests. As a chief diplomat of Australia, I can understand she chooses her word carefully and said all the right thing about being foe of China oops I mean BFF and great trading partner. Bottom line is Penny can talk the talk but can her government practice what she preaches?

[@dovepenrol5955]

Your success of being elected proved that australian wanted the other way of politic . ..since you served for australian citizen ..then execute the job ... .not heavily domaint to usa and anglosaxon , and stop aukus .... By doing this, you will be welcomed by asean and come to normal friendship with china...

[@hclau362]

You are asking for an impossibility... Australia has entered every anglo-saxon, anti China military alliance there is... The very fact that Penny Wong kept referring to "the world" when it only covers the White Western ones, says a lot!

[@phillipchan6044]

Notice how she refuses to address simple questions directly, politicians will be politicians

[@ML-yu5ij]

@Arabic Reja you just made a racist comment against all ethnic Chinese

[@ML-yu5ij]

@Arabic Reja Right...you're now telling me that I have low self esteem. Well have the guts to answer my question then . If you wish to enter the ring , do know that punches fly both ways

[@ML-yu5ij]

@Arabic Reja where are you from

[@ML-yu5ij]

@Arabic Reja It allows us to frame an argument around it. For example , if you come from a country with a high crime rate, then you don't get to condemn another country for the lack of law enforcement .

[@praisethelegendarymessiahs2617]

@Arabic Reja Pretty sure 'wong' doesnt sound anglo. You m0 ron.

[@michaelliu374]

Don’t worry Aussies,China is not a traditional aggressive nation in history. Neighbor small countries like Korea,Vietnam survived until now. In Ming dynasty ,China had the most powerful navy reached as far as Africa 100 years before Columbus,the only took back some giraffes as gift to the emperor. Never set up a single colony or start a war along the route. Chinese is not Japanese who live on the narrow islands always want expansion.

[@jbqu3142]

Never trust China, a highly corrupted country led by a gangster party, the CCP.

[@robinlee6623]

why Australia need nuclear submarine？ because Australia need to protect its trade waterway from China who is Australia‘s biggest trade partner？ China so why Australia wanna protect its trade water way from China to make sure it can continue trade with China？ yeah，because my American daddy told me to do

[@emilylee9894]

Also because China has a pattern of overfishing in sovereign waters that don't belong to them, build infrastructure that solely benefits them in other sovereign nations, offer unrealistic & crushing debt to countries already weak financially, then demanding and receiving territorial rights in return when the debt can't be paid, displaying overpoweringly aggressive military capabilities, and a pattern of taking & bullying, BEFORE asking for what

[@emilylee9894]

...before asking and negotiating. China claims that it wants only to trade, yet they already dominate in trade already. Therefore, their stated reason sounds unbelievable. They seem to be engaging in a new pattern of Imperialism, pushing to create and absorb as many de facto "colonies" as they can. They also don't seem to truly respect anyone's religion...the only religion one needs 8s that of Emperor Xi. Why, he will even rewrite your Koran in the great Xi way. The reality is that Australia and the &S and Britain have had mutual interests in the past. Currently, it's probably best for Australia to be like India ... independent and able to negotiate, decide and act according to their own best interest and create relations of mutualism with it's neighbors near and far.

[@robinlee6623]

@@emilylee9894 you just repeat your American daddys nonsense ，but eventhrough everything you said is real ，whats that to do with Australia？you wanna barking at us while earning money from us？who the hell you think you are，another super power ?

[@Fightback2023]

@@emilylee9894 Over fishing? I didn't know Pacific Ocean was privatized.

[@claudiocarrera9552]

ccp dog

[@jimrule8652]

Australia needs to be a independent country,

[@lachlansydney2149]

Australia is an independent country. The only problem is making independent decisions not in China's interest but in Australia's national interest.

[@vbch1396]

It should be "The only problem is to able to make independent decisions not in the US interests but its own national interests."..

[@lachlansydney2149]

@@vbch1396 Australia and The United States are closest of allies. We are both free and democratic countries. The bond between our two countries are inseperable. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bournYJmiM9moqM

[@vbch1396]

Like what is the AUKUS at the expense of hundreds of millions AUD lost for contract cancellation.

[@jimrule8652]

Please understand what Australia is about, Australia went into Iraq on heap of lies or misleading information and we bomb and bomb and kill and killed and took out there leader and did war crimes, Australia say it ok to kill, Australia needs to build a better role model for it own people, a role model it good to get on with your own people, and others country, what you say to other country reflects back home , Please reflect on the killing of our women, Is this a reflection of how our leader talk other country as a role model, in America the leader sending troops our to kill is it a good role model for the people in America, Is America role model it ok to kill

[@cshan5424]

What she means the international laws and norms are Anglo Saxon group's laws only when norms it fits their interest, else they change it.

[@vicuongdang4412]

We see the relationship with China will go no where under this Administration.

[@hangtuah888]

What do you expect from bogans who dispossessed the land of the First Nation. They are not going to be imbued with moral courage and intelligence.

[@jbqu3142]

that relation doesn't mean to go anywhere.

[@jbqu3142]

@@hangtuah888 what about uighurs, tibetans, etc killed by hundreds of thousands. Were they dispossessed!? no, they were killed.

[@hangtuah888]

@@jbqu3142 The only killing is your stupid mind, brainwashed to the extent that you cannot decipher truths from lies. Go and fcuk your mother retard.

[@jbqu3142]

@@hangtuah888 your dad got your mom pregnant of you while pissing it seems.

[@lehang8911]

" sovereignty ", " sovereignty "... is the issues. Why the west, lead by USA and UK....refuse recognize Hong Kong, Taiwan.... belong to China. ( Macau is OK...because it was from Portugal ) But.... the West accepted, or never Mention, " the sovereignty of Cuba on Guantanamo Bay " " Falkland island belong to UK"... As long as US still " leased. ( no end day, no payment)" the Bay from CUBA.... US, UK, Australia,Canada... has no rights to talk, to teach other nations about sovereignty, freedom, JUSTICE.

[@lehang8911]

@North Korea Is Best Korea the issue is Crimea and Donbass, where majority of people are Russians and these 2 regions were given to Ukraine when the USSR formed. But when the USSR broke up, Ukraine become independent nation under an agreement with Russia to stay neutral, neutral like Finland because Russia does need these buffer zones. But 1. Ukraine do keep Crimea and Donbass...should return these 2 to Russian, but did not want to. 2. Ukraine drift toward the west, wants to joint Nato...all the times. That is why Russia taken actions to reclaim Crimea and eastern Ukraine. This is a trap that US, UK want Russia to fall in... and it is why for 20 years, Nato still not admit Ukraine as a member. The west just want to use Ukraine to drag down Russia, The US, UK always treat China and Russia as enemies. And China policy is " do not involve in other country affair " so, it is Best to stay on sideline. Not only China, how many countries stay on sidelines... you name them... india, indonesua, malaysia, new zealand, Pakistan, all midle east countries, all african countries... You have looked at the world in a " defined" view, view of a few countries... US, UK,Canada, Australia, Germany, France... is part of the world. Not the world

[@lehang8911]

@North Korea Is Best Korea btw, i am not from China, so hyprocricy does not apply to me. It is the US, UK, Australia, Canada keep mention Sovereignty all over the world and kept falkland and Guantanamo Bay for themselves. These are hyprocricy.

[@lehang8911]

@North Korea Is Best Korea is Jerusalem belong to Jews or Palestinians? If you can figure this out, then you do the same for Donbas. Go and find out yourself instead of people telling you... So you do not get brainwash by MSM.

[@tclim9819]

the interviewer is being too kind in using the phrase "deputy sheriff".

[@billlee2983]

I totally agree she was too kind and soft with snaky penny. Penny was overtly defensive and her response to those questions were a bit kinda hostile laced with lies coupled with arrogance as if Asians and Singaporeans can't think of are dumb. No Australia is not to be trusted. Neither is penny wong to be trusted until Australia change and can make sovereign decisions on her own instead of being told what to do and she jumps right in front of the queue of others trying to do the same thing as being told. Right now Penny and Australia just wants China to buy more from Australia but Penny and her prime minister are really just the same Marissa and Morrison, just different names and wearing different wigs. The anti China policies remain and essentially Australia wants to be partner with countries who wants to destroy China. Nobody is convinced of her answers here, I can see. I thought her answers can be categorised as dishonest arrogant supremacist unintelligent answers.

[@MyOhwhatever]

Australia’s government is rather hopeless in my view, wants to be seen as key player and important in the region, but at the same time, and historically has been in this white folks mentality, since the 80s all the way to early 90s and more so with recent Lib/Nat governments has always been white-superiority complex among their Asian countries. Penny will have her work cut out, I hope I’m wrong but her initial responses since the new government has been elected, I think she has conflicted herself in some interviews and comments, where she toes the US ‘vassals state’ role and at other time like in this interview she tried hard to deflect that view. If she has her way may be, but given the structure and frameworks of Australian white-only majority males politicians she is going to be having a hard time when the honeymoon is over in the next few months. The interviewer is quite good, the Huawei question is good, regardless of what language she wants to use, it’s a problem that China does not see it that way. TBH the Australian is only interested in economy, exactly what the interviewer was asking and her response is just beating around the bush.

[@jbqu3142]

what do you have against white folks? what about yellow folks mentality? tell me.

[@esselle6235]

Shoutout to Lin Xueling on her very valid interjection of “in addition to Singapore” when Minister Penny Wong claimed Australia as “one of the most multicultural success stories on the planet” 😆 While Australia has indeed come a long way from the White Australia policy and is relatively successful in fostering genuine multicultural harmony, I’m gonna have to go with Singapore on this one 🇸🇬 In any case, very engaging exchange. Tough questions asked well, with measured responses from the Minister.

[@declanellery8500]

"One of" is not the same as "The only" It's not a contest, it's just good to have multicultural successes.

[@edmurks236]

Australia has a long way to go to deal with racism yet ...Multicultural or not.

[@declanellery8500]

@@edmurks236 I would argue that most, if not all countries in the world still need to work on racism.

[@esselle6235]

“Relatively” being the keyword :) to which I also concur with Minister Penny Wong!

[@edmurks236]

@@declanellery8500 Maybe but thats hardly an excuse.

[@justincao5198]

Australia is a frontline soldier of US; a member of UK federation. If Australia want to be respected by other countries. You should stand up and be yourself! Come on

[@samtat5873]

Not really believed Australia not are enemies to China. Because Australia can't able to get out of his master's hand at all. How ever his master order him what have to do with China. He has no choice to reject it by his master that forsure about it.

[@godfrieza9924]

Just like Russia’s bi*ch, China 🇨🇳

[@claudiocarrera9552]

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[@tywakorn]

Nicely curated, sharp questions.

[@johnbodman4504]

Time will tell, how well this new Australian government will treat China. While I don't have great hopes for much of a change, at least the new PM has appointed the best person, for foreign minister that is available. Penny Wong can only do what her government allows her to do, but I think she will do as much as possible within that framework. Morrison and Dutton of the previous government, both committed an act of treason, by threatening China with war over Taiwan, which showed that their alliance is not with Australia, but America, in other words they supported a foreign government against Australia's interests. It will be a long battle for Penny Wong, to regain the trust of China, but I think she will work hard to do so. Australians must be taught that China is not the enemy and if we are to get on with the rest of the world, we must divorce ourselves from America's bloody foreign policy. Australia must join the Chinese belt and road initiative, to pick up trade that we lost due to the previous government's hostile China policy.

[@lachlansydney2149]

The Government of Australia will act in the national interest of Australia. The national interest of Australia is not the same thing as the national interest of China.

[@johnbodman4504]

@@lachlansydney2149 The Australian government will do as it always does and it will act in the interests of America. The interests of America is defiantly not the interests of Australia.

[@lachlansydney2149]

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[@albertwong1919]

Very good interview... friend and foe, security and trade very good points made. Huawei issue is clearly political despite Huawei offering to open up its hardware and software for audits yet decision was made to deem it unfriendly. The giveaway by Penny Wong, the US is the biggest investor in Australia already tells the whole story why Australia is in the US pocket!

[@johnbodman4504]

Australia is not a US vassal, due to the economy, it is a US vassal due to security. The US has told Australia that China is a security threat, which it is NOT however, like always we pretend to believe America and act accordingly. We know that America is lying to us, but our leaders don't have the guts to tell them so.

[@stadinh]

More foes than friends - different political systems, speak different languages, different values. Only making money is common. Nothing else.

[@henry1727]

The australian government is not representative of its people.

[@stadinh]

@@henry1727 We don’t the Chinese commies here. Send them back to the motherland - China.

[@mengsiongkheng113]

Nothing has changed. Less talk more action, real action. Treat your customer like real customer.

[@walterchin8832]

The reporter had asked very deep questions which Penny Wong could not answer satisfactory.

[@edmurks236]

Because Wong is totally out of her depth. She's there because she is LBQT and half Malaysian.

[@henry1727]

@@edmurks236 Yep. It seems like you can't get anywhere these days in politics unless you're not.

[@edmurks236]

@@henry1727 Indeed.

[@timetraveller885]

The Australian Corporations are the ones maintaining good Trade Relationships with China, not the Australian Government!!!

[@joekerr2879]

QUAD has US and Australia in it not NZ AUKUS has US and Australia in it not NZ Woof - woof ! Good doggie !

[@lachlansydney2149]

The United States can also do this but not China. kzbin.info/www/bejne/op2sinmgrdCNZ5I

[@Zerpentsa6598]

If so, Australia should stop acting like an enemy. Talk is cheap (pennies), and there's a lot of talk and hostile actions by the Aussies.

[@oliverenterprises3526]

AUSTRALIA SHOULD WATCH ITS ACTIONS, IT IS IN ASIA'S PERIPHERY AFTER ALL, BEING AN EXTENDED TENTACLE OF THE WEST IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AIN'T GONNA SERVE IT WELL IN THE FUTURE.

[@user-xq4tf4dl1k]

China has 1.4 billion people, China has the largest infrastructure project in the world, China is still developing, China's development has made a large part of the Chinese people rich. This is mainly because China needs to import a lot of steel, energy, wine, beef, seafood and coal. This is an obvious fact, but it is ridiculous to be twisted by Australia into an enemy and a threat to Australia's security. If China wants to invade any foreign country, they did it 1000 years ago, not today. Australia invaded China together with Europe, the United States and Japan at the end of the Qing Dynasty. Australia's attitude towards China today, most Chinese think is Australia's fear of retaliation. In fact, China has contributed a lot to Australia's economy in the past 20 years. It is hard to understand why Australians treat their friends and no. 1 trading partner as enemies. Such actions will only make The Chinese and the rest of the world think Australia is a barbaric country. If we study the history, we will find that the Chinese people have no interest in other countries' territory. The Chinese government and people are also very clear that the dividend of colonialism has long been out of date. What do the Chinese really want? Australia does not know how to solve this problem and has become populism. It is harmful for Australia to run a country with the enthusiasm of middle school students.

[@henry1727]

Not everything is about money.

[@user-xq4tf4dl1k]

@@henry1727 If you don't want to have trade relations with China, you can tell your government not to do business with China, but don't provoke and confront China. We also don't want to communicate with a country that is hostile to Chinese people. Jealousy, resentment and populism will not make Australia a better place. You may not want to face one thing. When Chinese people encounter problems, we are patient and wise to solve the problems. When Australians encounter problems, they blame the problems on Chinese. Are Australians now better off for standing up to China? All I see is more unemployment, more bankruptcies, and more pointless whining. Too young AUS.

[@shutup51916]

@@user-xq4tf4dl1k Well said. Don't waste your time on some trolls.

[@henry1727]

@@user-xq4tf4dl1k "Jealousy, resentment" 😂 I don't think anyone is jealous of China, but we certainly resent it. We breath clean air and live in relative free comfort, you have to rent an apartment smaller than a cardboard box and thank your government for it while being punished for deviating from their agenda. The Chinese seem to love their servitude and want to spread it to other countries. That's why we don't like them. As for "provoking China" can you please tell me what specific actions the Australian government has done to "provoke" China? If anything, it was the CCP who initiated tariffs on Australia, not us.

[@user-xq4tf4dl1k]

@@henry1727 We have 1.4 billion people who live in apartments, and Sydney and Melbourne, Canberra, the Gold Coast, Brisbane have a lot of these apartments, which you would say are places without freedom and fresh air. You have a smaller population, not an advantage, if you like the comparison, Siberia and Africa are much better than Australia, the air is much fresher there. What is your definition of freedom? Freedom to slander China at will? Are there no libel laws in Australia? I don't understand what you mean by slavery. I often go to New Zealand, Australia, South Korea and other overseas countries. I can do what I want when AND where I want. We have the same freedom as australians. What do you mean by slavery? The ones that British criminals used to send to Australia? Our ancestors were philosophers, militarists, monks and peasants. Your ancestors were criminals, pirates and enslaved people. Your so-called freedom is based on the freedom to harm others, and you're committing a crime, just like your ancestors. You think you're free. I agree. But I have never felt enslaved in China, your so-called advantage is only your own imagination, is that you think others do not have freedom. You don't have a strong economic strength, you don't have a bigger voice in the world, you don't have a strong military force, you don't have a complete industrial chain, you only have iron ore and coal, such low-level resources can make you so arrogant and conceited, it seems that you do not understand the weakness of Australia. That's why the Chinese look down on Australia. We Chinese will always remember that in the end of qing Dynasty, you invaded China, the Morrison government attacked China first, if we retaliate against you, we will have no regret, those who make hatred will be destroyed by hatred. In the Korean War, you were defeated by the Chinese army, what's your big deal? You're like an arrogant, angry, weak child.

[@johnleong4807]

Well spoken and a step in the right direction by Penny from political point of view . An appropriate balance is to be extablished on trades and relationship with China and neighbouring countries instead of shutting off completely from China as what the previous PM did. In the 21 century country without considering proper balance in trades and relationship with other country, it is a total waste of time and energy.

[@smun3217]

It was China that shutout everything with Australia. Trade, students and tourist. Why do you think Australia is begging so hard to get Beijing's favor back

[@johnleong4807]

@@smun3217 Whether in western or Asian , there are good and bad members in every political party as we know this is not our first BBQ. The last PM of Australia has no exception and had demonstrated no love for Australians and the country playing a two-headed snake spending lavishly on tax payers money..... A perfect lesson and warning to all the politicians regardless the colour of your skin. Love your people , serve your country to play and win prespect on public trades and relationship. Tune it down on public speech would be a fine-tune step in the right direction.

[@infinitelight465]

Its not what you say but what you do? AUS cannot expect your biggest customer China to buy from you while you act as US and Nato partner in Asia Pacific to wage proxy war against China by sending warships and planes with threatening poise and impose sanctions against China coy. Remember your products like wine, lobsters, beef and iron ore can be easily be substituted and lots of it are not core products for need of nation like wine and lobsters. Aus started the first shot by banning Huawei and sanction Chinese coys so if you want to have bring back your old customers like in business, you got to woo them back with value offer and show sincerity and not talk. My family loved wine espeically Aus wine and we have since change to drink Chile and south american wines which are nice and of good value.

[@lachlansydney2149]

China is just a customer of Australia. Australia is well within it's right to exercise it's sovereignty to act as a partner of The United States and NATO. The people of Australia decides who governs Australia and how it is governed.

[@infinitelight465]

@@lachlansydney2149, go Go sell your stuffs to your anglo saxon masters who are happily filling your quota and maybe u can sell your wine and lobsters to India cheaply so that they can afford it. May u be happily getting poorer! Btw, I witnessed my used to have Penfold Australia selling almost at half price on supermarket shelves and have since switched to wines from south america and spain which is getting cheaper too due to competition. Cheers and may Aus be happily selling less worldworld as indicated by statistics and as u had wished so!

[@lachlansydney2149]

@@infinitelight465 Australia is a developed country. It is also a much more wealthy country than China. That's why China trade war is not working . China has reduced it's 14 demands to just four demands now. Just stating the facts. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4nPfauHr7BmaZY

[@jameswkyip]

Penny is better than the previous FM. still she is not good enough. Keeps interrupting the interviewer. Losuy listener

[@mavericklimsk]

Really, Australia's actions says otherwise..... Time to teach the West the meaning of humility.

[@hsheuw]

Just as there were: 1. Flower-scattering diplomacy as done by Mr Lee Kuan Yew on his visit to Jakarta and 2. Pingpong diplomacy ala President Nixon and Chairman Mao , it's about time that China and Aus gets creative with diplomacy. Seeing that FM Penny Wong is a proud Hakka, a banquet with Chinese-Aus diplomats featuring delicious Hakka dishes held in either neutral Singapore / Indonesia with its large Hakka population seems like a good idea. :).

[@edmurks236]

A proud what???when it suits her. Like she is a proud gay women when it suits her.

[@kindface]

Hmmm…not quite sure what the point is you’re really trying to make here; there’s a disconnect between the first and second halves of your comment.

[@shutup51916]

She's a disgrace to Hakka.

[@hangtuah888]

Hakka??? The menu should be goreng pisang as she is a banana and would go down well. FYI , a banana is a self loathing person for the skin they are born into. I am surprised you have not been made aware of her banana traits.

[@hsheuw]

@@hangtuah888 Goreng pisang won’t be enough to appease China my friend. Hakka cuisine will for sure. :)

[@Fightback2023]

So can China make purchase base on sovereignty and national interest.

[@Fightback2023]

@Arabic Reja Sorry, I just learned English two weeks ago. I will get back to you with perfect grammars in a month.

[@Fightback2023]

@Arabic Reja obviously there is a difference in our wisdom and intellectual capacity.

[@Fightback2023]

@Arabic Reja F**k your perfect grammar. Is that perfect enough? Ya must be some bipolar indian dude.

[@claudiocarrera9552]

Hope you got your 50cents lil pink

[@edmurks236]

@Arabic Reja Nasty. You cannot understand manners even with English?

[@sambassil7825]

A great lady, good for you Australia.

[@dq6633]

Australia keeps on interfering in China's internal affairs like condemning the xinjiang uyghurs, Hong Kong and Taiwan. This all boils down to interfering in China's internal affairs.

[@lachlansydney2149]

Australia is not an authoritarian state like China. There is nothing in Australia's constitution saying Australians needs China's permission to freely speak in their own country.

[@gerardyoutube3826]

Action shows as enemy.

[@henry1727]

What actions can you reference? China initiated the sanctions lol.

[@shutup51916]

@@henry1727 You missed the whole issue or you only selected what you wanna know just like your brain?

[@henry1727]

@@shutup51916 Tell me specifically what actions has the Australian government done to be provocative with China.

[@henry1727]

@@shutup51916 I take that you're Chinese-Singaporean. And considering the amount of resentment I've seen in these comments, proves where most of Asia's loyalty is.

[@edmurks236]

Wong is an intellectual lightweight covered up by sarcastic belittling often nasty remarks as an attempt to appear strong and all knowing. Wong has proven herself to be a liar in Australian politics and changes positions as it suits her career that is lacking in integrity.Wong does not sound very convincing. Sounds like a righteous school teacher lecturing her class."She who must be obeyed." She even tells the interviewer (who she interrupts), what the interviewer really means by her question, then states the bleeding obvious. She is well out of her depth. Diplomacy fail! and she was a failure as a fiance minister.It takes more than claiming Asian heritage to be able to be an effective FM.Australia shifting towards Asia? not with this new govt. only when its convenient it seems and when China does what Australia tells them.Oh yes lets try and sideline China by engaging with the rest of Asia for the US interests and hegemony..."WE want "" Wong you are not bullying your colleagues in the senate now these people are out of your league!Who's weaponizing trade arrangements? Dumping is ok?Australia seeks stability and peace by destabilizing the region with US warmongering in the region.

[@Joker-no1uh]

I love seeing all these comments about how weak Australia is and can't take care of itself... Australia is a fine country and they haven't launched any aggressive measures like China... and of course the US would help Australia if needed, they are and have been great allies for decades

[@alone-tt8dg6ic6f]

Australia has no freedom to do business independently as Australia has to take permission from the US.

[@lachlansydney2149]

Australia and The United States are friends. China just has no friends. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bournYJmiM9moqM

[@lachlansydney2149]

China should be asking why Australia and The United States are allies instead of blaming others. This is why China has no friends. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4aTiop_g66hmsk Which means The United States can do this but not China. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZbHk5Swf8Rjrck

[@ochoonda]

She weaseled out of the Huawei question like the Artful Dodger. In any case, it is to Australia’s advantage to be represented by ministers who are sensible and thoughtful who will act responsibly for the common good, peace and prosperity of the whole Asean Oceanic region.

[@hangtuah888]

Yes, she is a weasal and not a very intelligent one too. She is also beside a weasal, a bananan too. A banana is one who is into self loathing for the skin they are born with.

[@ochoonda]

@@hangtuah888 It’s not relevant if she considers herself a banana or gay so long as she does her job efficiently. As Deng famously said it doesn’t matter the color of the cat as long as it catches the mice. At the end of the day her actions or inactions in how she handles both China and the USA will have an impact on not just Australia but the whole of ASEAN.

[@kittyhawk9886]

Finally a foreign minister that will make a difference.. time will tell!

[@edmurks236]

Wong will make no difference she is tied and toed to by US policy .

[@agoodchow]

@@edmurks236 Take it as "Yes and No" for now as the new government and Penny have been on this job for merely weeks. Time will tell. Right ?

[@edmurks236]

@@agoodchow Well lets see then. However Leopards don't change their spots even if they tried to cover or hide them.

[@henry1727]

By difference do you mean making unnecessary concessions to other nations?

[@ianthesiow3013]

The (USA) America call it "Liberation" instead of "Invasion". That was what US call it in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and the list goes on... Why the double standard? Confused... Please enlighten. Genuine question... Instances of the United States "liberated" or overthrowing, or attempting to overthrow, a foreign government since the Second World War. (* indicates successful ouster of a government) China 1949 to early 1960s Albania 1949-53 East Germany 1950s Iran 1953 * Guatemala 1954 * Costa Rica mid-1950s Syria 1956-7 Egypt 1957 Indonesia 1957-8 British Guiana 1953-64 * Iraq 1963 * North Vietnam 1945-73 Cambodia 1955-70 * Laos 1958 *, 1959 *, 1960 * Ecuador 1960-63 * Congo 1960 * France 1965 Brazil 1962-64 * Dominican Republic 1963 * Cuba 1959 to present Bolivia 1964 * Indonesia 1965 * Ghana 1966 * Chile 1964-73 * Greece 1967 * Costa Rica 1970-71 Bolivia 1971 * Australia 1973-75 * Angola 1975, 1980s Zaire 1975 Portugal 1974-76 * Jamaica 1976-80 * Seychelles 1979-81 Chad 1981-82 * Grenada 1983 * South Yemen 1982-84 Suriname 1982-84 Fiji 1987 * Libya 1980s Nicaragua 1981-90 * Panama 1989 * Bulgaria 1990 * Albania 1991 * Iraq 1991 Afghanistan 1980s * Somalia 1993 Yugoslavia 1999-2000 * Ecuador 2000 * Afghanistan 2001 * Venezuela 2002 * Iraq 2003 * Haiti 2004 * Somalia 2007 to present Honduras 2009 * Libya 2011 * Syria 2012 Ukraine 2014 * 2014 - 2022 - 6 countries yet to verify. Pakistan 2022 *

[@suyuanhang9]

Very interesting conversation, enjoyed it

[@johndole9381]

Even I can tell what AU is up to, so I don't think China is so stupid to believe what Wong or whoever says....

[@Kvasiir]

China is a lot more stupid and people give it credit for. As soon as they started using trade tariffs on Australia’s coal to try and punish Australia they had rolling blackouts accords china lmao. Fools. They’ll be back for Aussie coal soon

[@athenaqilin8354]

"Australia & China Are Not Enemies." Israel is not a terrorist state. Israel doesn't do genocide against Palestine. USA never killed innocent civilians and never invaded foreign nations.

[@Growthunlimited]

There is no way Australian identifies themself as Asian, in fact, they look down on Asian, as evidenced by racism all along and during COVID. They hope that by appointing an Asian FM and some empty words can get what they want and contribute nothing. There are no words about Americans as their biggest Investor and major company owners but once Asian starts to buy some of their businesses, they start to cry about security threats and Asian invasion.

[@bazzer621]

I think that Penny is definitely Wong!

[@Growthunlimited]

Great conversation, great job Ms Lin, I watched two times.

[@timetraveller885]

Ask the Australian Government what their Foreign Policies are!!!

[@odyssey327]

To reset Australia-China relationship to its former glorious days proves difficult as long as Australia remains a deputy sheriff of the US. Judging from Albanese's recent comments, the anti-China sentiment is no less than it was during the Morrison's days despite the advice of some Australian "discerning eyes". Australia really wants to trade with China, but its nose is being led by the US. Dilemma arises for Albo and Penny and knew that they can't have both, and might even fall into a trap doing something sillier than Scomo. Why can't Australia learn from the Saudi's response to Biden's request during his recent visit? Young generation with new ideas, and it is obvious that Saudi wants to embark on the path to international economic cooperation, mutual respect, and harmonious coexistence between trading partners rather than standing on a ground of picking sides. The world will then fare better.

[@lachlansydney2149]

Australia is not anit China. It's just pro Australian. Australians are just educating China they decide who governs Australia and how it it is governed.

[@odyssey327]

@@lachlansydney2149 Really?

[@tkw3864]

@@lachlansydney2149 are you sure?

[@lachlansydney2149]

@@odyssey327 Australia is just informing the CPP that this is Australia. kzbin.info/www/bejne/noeckKd3qdd9g8k

[@user-qt2et6jf2k]

Free Aborigin land 😅😅

[@lachlansydney2149]

Aboriginals are Australians , you're not . If you don't believe me then just look at yourself in the mirror. kzbin.info/www/bejne/noeckKd3qdd9g8k

[@thomastan7511]

Better relationship is expected from both countries

[@user-if1vh8po2f]

@Arabic Reja Sure - when America allows investigation in Fort Dettick.

[@henry1727]

@@user-if1vh8po2f When will the chinese people stop shilling for their gay government? At least americans dont support their gov.

[@vbch1396]

To investigate what and when should be decided by WHO, not the US nor China. But when conclusive oucome from WHO becomes public n is in China's favour, the US side would say there has been bribery between China n WHO and the dispute hardly settled. Look at Huewhai case, intellectual or tech stolen, etc. Any bad things can come into play.

[@user-if1vh8po2f]

@Arabic Reja We all know who instigated this to hide their guilt!!! Why is Fort Dettrick off limits???

[@user-if1vh8po2f]

@@vbch1396 We only need watch in youtube: "We only BANNED Huawei b/c the US told us to - UK leader"

[@wongcy713]

Penny need to know her place in this geopolitics game. It is not up to her to determine what China Australia relationship will be. She will be informed to call Blinken and Murdoch for instructions

[@lachlansydney2149]

Australia will make decision in it's best national interest. Australia's interest is not the same as China's national nterest.

[@wongcy713]

@@lachlansydney2149 learn to read and comprehend. " She be instructed to call Blinken (US ) Murdoch.." When did I push the idea that Australia aligning to China ? If you are Australian it just goes to show how Aussies are mentally closed and unable to have a discourse independent of their US handlers. You too may need to make that call.

[@lachlansydney2149]

@@wongcy713 Penny Wong is Australia's Foreign Minister. She will make decision in Australia's national interest. The United States is the world's most powerful country and this is in Australia's national interest. There is nothing wrong with this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bournYJmiM9moqM

[@jbqu3142]

C H I N A I S T H E E N E M Y of all and every democratic countries in the world. Don't be fooled!

[@fargorealtors]

Australia has a mind of its own, that's what most Americans really like about Aussies. Yes we also consider them strong partners in the world. Its just a fact. They are their own power that the US respects and needs.

[@rawwords8429]

Lmao Australia is a puppet nation of the U.S. that has set aside billions to slow a nations growth and spread anti China/Russia propoganda. Keep making enemies and being 2 faced.

[@ML-yu5ij]

You must be high on weed in California

[@CCMphilip]

Australia has a mind of being a US' lapdog and a US' deputy sheriff.. that's what America really like about Australia!! Truth hurts.. !

[@maxyogi]

Lol. Not quite. When it comes to America's regional interests, Australia is NOT Australia. And this is what America respects and needs of Australia.

[@vbch1396]

Jim n Arabic Reja, what u think of comment like if US n China started a hot war, it is inconceivable AU not joining the US. AU's accord with the US is if the US is attacked, then AU has the obligation to help, but not the other way. Hope current govt has someone with big visions and the likes of Paul Keating.