Paul Keating - our role in Asia in the Trump era

The election of Trump and the victory of the Brexit movement are the most obvious examples of the populism driving countries to become more insular. This combined with China's return to a power of the first order means that Australia faces an increasingly uncertain world.
Hear from former Prime Minister Paul Keating about the path Australia should forge in this rapidly changing world. He has long argued a greater independence in Australian foreign policy could be beneficial and allow more focus on our immediate neighbours: Asian countries to our north.
Speakers:
The Hon. Paul Keating
Few Australians have thought more deeply, originally and provocatively on Australia's foreign policy challenges than Paul Keating. This is a unique opportunity to hear his thinking on a 'new' world with Donald Trump as American President.
Allan Gyngell AO
Professor Allan Gyngell is an Adjunct Professor in the Crawford School of Public Policy at the ANU. From 2009 to 2013 he was Director-General of the Office of National Assessments (ONA), prior to that appointment he was the founding Executive Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy.
Professor Nick Bisley
Professor Nick Bisley is Executive Director of La Trobe Asia and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University. He is currently the editor in Chief of the Australian Journal of International Affairs.

[@yenyung66]

💪💪👍👍👍Paul the only ex minister has the gut to speak up and the truths about China and Australia. Paul is colourful and brilliant leader that make us comfortable as Australian

[@nickprohoroff3720]

And four years later, more prescient than ever. Nailed it.

[@nickprohoroff3720]

PJK. Still the smartest man in the room.

[@gti500]

Paul Keating, one of the great underestimated Australian statesmen of our time.

[@MonMalthias]

One of the only good statesmen.

[@clubberlang589]

Daryl B Because he came through a period where the quality of politicians were supreme. He was taught the skill of leading for the benefit of the people. A true leader unlike Howard. Howard does not even come to his shoe straps. He only lost because the people of our time wanted change and thought it would get better. The conservatives only know how to give monies to gain your vote. Keating believes in real development and long term success. It’s too our demise, for loosing Keating too early. Another two or three terms as prime minister we would’ve seen a better and richer Australia.

[@australianews]

@@clubberlang589 Howard was suppose to lift the superannuation from 9% to 12% but never did and now we have the Libnats wanting to let people just have their super so they can spend it . I think Keating's original idea was it would increase to 15% eventually , but then Howard and the GFC and now we have the biggest do nothings this country has ever seen . Six years no energy policy to support renewable's and a ruined NBN . Both would have created jobs in rural areas and farmers a second income from making power. $8000 dollars per windmill a farmer can make by just having them placed on their property . It would seem the Conservatives like the farmers coming to them for handouts so they can buy their vote.

[@clubberlang589]

Australian News you hit the nail on the head. I call the conservatives the self righteous party. See they’re right of politics which means they think they’ve got the right to do what ever they want and then point the fingers at the progressives

[@clubberlang589]

Australian News plus the people of Australia 🇦🇺 deserve the party that is in government today.

[@yenyung66]

Paul is the true Australian and statesman I very much admire, Paul is a brilliant man who can speak up the truths, and can set up the good and right direction of Australian foreign policies. 👍👍👍👍😊🥰🥰🥰

[@idrisalhajiadamu7590]

It is more than a week now since I stumble upon the videos of keating speech and couldn't get more of his speech, a sensible, meaningful speech.

[@hanlentan7442]

For a person this old to have such an open mind, it's really awesome.

[@yenyung66]

Well done Paul, brilliant statesman! How many do we have men like Paul Keating in Australia ? We need people like Paul to lead good and strong Australia towards 21st centuries 👍👍🙏🏼🙏🏼🥰💕💪💪💪

[@PaulP580]

Silly old man, Lao dog to the CCP 👎

[@samuelsyeedul8649]

A true courageous man, still solid & robust. Long live Mr. Keating.

[@66otnt]

An Australian treasure!!!

[@craigstewartis]

Legend, thank you Paul.

[@pmc6166]

Good on you, Mr Keating. I have known since the late 1980s that your vision of Australia’s role in Asia is appropriate all the way, and the microeconomic reforms for Australia in the 1980s and 1990s were the right policies for making a more competitive and more productive Australia of today. May God continue to bless us all, Amen.

[@jimhaut480]

BULLSHIT

[@stevenxia2944]

This man has such amazing visions. His knowledge in history and macroeconomics are superb! Oh, and International Relation Studies!

[@vahidbuljkic2334]

Great leader. He had a vision for Australia in 21st century .

[@jimhaut480]

Your Dumb, they corporised this country, You Lost Magna carter, Habeous corpus, & Trashed our constitution, WAKE UP, NWO Scumbag !

[@jimhaut480]

WAKE UP !

[@vahidbuljkic2334]

@@jimhaut480 Didn't Howard do all you mentioned? He sold Qantas , Telstra I mean you name it. Howard destroyed unions. I feel it would have been better for us middle class with Keating but who knows. I posted that a year ago so much happened in the meantime.

[@VenturiLife]

He had a squinty vision of what Australia should be, then failed to enact any policy that would get Australia there, at a critical time.

[@rockycheny5437]

What a wonderful discussion! I thank Paul Keating for speaking his mind and the truth.

[@pixelmasque]

Keating, Australias most authentic, knowledgeable, and courageous leader, who didn't bend over a barrel for US foreign policy. A leader like him is what we need to navigate these current waters independently more than ever.

[@codyjenkins4914]

Paul at 11:20 Not a Donkey in sight, i love it. Brilliant views.

[@mahamedabdi2046]

I solute you the father of my Australia . Keating

[@RangaTurk]

Whilst I don't agree with everything he did as Treasurer and PM, tariff reduction et al, thereby creating an economic over reliance on the health, education, tourism and construction sectors, I admired him for his ability to speak his mind. That is by not being overtly swayed by public opinion and jingoism.

[@RangaTurk]

@heath gallagher I have come to think that back in 1972 when the United Arab Emirates became fully independent of Britain things were bound to change because of the magic word OIL. Not that there is oil everywhere in the middle east. There were tariff cuts during Whitlam's time too. On top of that you had the oil shock of 1973 followed by a credit squeeze in 1974. The system with the exchange rate prior to December 9 1983 where the value of the dollar was set by the Treasurer, Governor of the RBA and the Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet was only introduced in 1976. There was reform towards what is current in Australia today undertaken in the Whitlam and Fraser period, only not as drastic or as fast paced as it was during the Hawke-Keating era.

[@matthewbrook7683]

The problem with globalisation that is never spoken about is the process of globalisation was a distribution of wealth and work from rich nations to poor nations. But as you distribute wealth and work from rich nations you transfer poverty from and work from poor nations to rich nations. Hence the rise in unemployment and de-industrialisation in western countries, and the rise in poverty in western countries.

[@accountantthe3394]

Succinctly put!

[@harisgrigoriadis661]

A pleasure to see and hear.

[@Jack-ev1up]

Gotta love Keating

[@sl531]

Paul Keating's "...great troubles" predictions in 2017 have since come true!

[@GG-kc6ie]

Didn't need to be Nostradamus to predict that.

[@bellybutton6138]

Paul is so eloquent as usual. But four years down the track, Australia has chosen to toe the USA's line TOTALLY to the point of creating a toxic environment when it comes to discussing China. It does appear that Paul seems to understand the Chinese thinking well, and the ability to carve a future within its Asian neighbours as our neighbours grow richer and change the geopolitical landscape. Let's see how we progress and whether the wise words of Keating will come back to haunt us and what we did recently AUKUS and all.

[@paulsz6194]

Tell that to the Uighurs...I’m sure they’re happy towing the communists line.

[@bruceelisha3017]

It is so good to hear a real statesman, someone akin to JFK, speak, his wise words making such a contrast with those of the current Australian Government leadership. Keating is our only ex PM who has soomething really worthwhile to contribute to today's debate or lack thereof. While I don't agree that the sell of our Commonwealth bank and Telstra was a good idea as it was the beginning of the end of the age of egalitarianism, I do greatly regret the lack of anyone in Government at this time with the intellectual prowess of Paul Keating, who makes subtle distinctions between the role of the US in the modern world versus the world of USA hegemony, that are completely lost on those who are fixated on the USA IC's view of the world which has proven to be wrong so often in the last 30 years or so.

[@johncasey9966]

Australia's way in the world today is ' enough to make a cat laugh ' .

[@wallylee8470]

An honest assessment and recognizing China's efforts to bring about world peace and prosperity to everyone in this world.

[@barraabus]

hahahaha are you for real?

[@noaht8592]

oh yeah the wonderful prosperity of debttrap diplomacy

[@user-my2bc8cs4d]

​@@noaht8592你们美国主人几十万亿的债务繁荣

[@thrace_bot1012]

He literally never implied "to everyone in this world" lmao only made mention of their efforts to uplift Chinese laypeople out of poverty.

[@bensanderson7144]

it's a shame he wasn't the one to usher in a republic in australia. I hope he's alive when it happens.

[@mikedemike5393]

it wont happen before the world govt is installed....malcolm turnbullls assignment was to use his popularity to hijack the so called republic referendum....we never got near the referendum because Bob Brown introduced the idea of the plebiscite...anyway...noone will vote for a model that gives the power of the politions to select a presaident who is no more then a rubber stamp...good job malcolm...the lock has turned and next move is NWO

[@clubberlang589]

Ben Sanderson : Because if he remained in office in Australia during the referendum of 2001. It would’ve been proposed in such a way that would’ve made it appealing to accept and embrace. But when you’ve got Menzies protege’s such as Howard and Abbot; who managed to loose there federal seats by the way. Did what they could to impose self righteous view onto Australians. The conservatives are only good at pointing out the negatives of an idea. Because they hate change and embrace a change that would make a positive. We are know still subject to the Royals of Windsor. That part of our taxes and wealth goes to them. I believe to this day our electoral system is manipulated, that he was expected to lose either way.

[@johnyringo6890]

Just. What drugs are you on.

[@benjarongprojects]

Ben Sanderson I hope I’m still around when it happens.

[@VenturiLife]

@@mikedemike5393 Turn-coat was a successful Goldman Sachs investment banker partner. The rotten fruit doesn't fall far from the tree. His job was meant to be to further subvert Australia through Globalist policy. He wasn't well liked, let's put it that way, and replaced by Scotty From Marketing who's essentially Turd-bull Lite.

[@jimmyb4982]

There's a lot to like about that man (Keating). Australian politics is in terrible shape, which has led to many like myself becoming disenchanted with the current bunch of nitwits.

[@AllSpace]

Very aspiring character, another term in parliament,he would have turned the monarchy around, and represented a new image and new flag for Austrlaia

[@nnnnevermindddd]

And most importantly, Indigenous Australians would have restored their position in society.

[@stevenxia2944]

​@@nnnnevermindddd Exactly, Australia was in such a good position to create a brand new Australia at that time! Wasted! I still couldn't believe Mr Keating only was in the office for one term! Sorry, I wasn't in Australia during the early 90s.

[@mahamedabdi2046]

I never had enough of this great man the father of new Australia pless you

[@magnaviator]

Wise and prescient.

[@debl5848]

The wisdom and foresight and vintage Paul's jabbing.👍 We are now in dire need of quality politicians and policy makers. Otherwise God bless us with a messy future.

[@MonMalthias]

Keating on opportunity and leadership: Don't let your memes be dreams. Be the Pied Piper.

[@TheJohnwingkayip]

Paul Keating 👍

[@xiyanliu633]

Finally, the westerners said some impartial and just words about China and China's contribution to the entire world.

[@Mercmad]

like shitty goods ?

[@rfnz3994]

He is wise as well as intelligent. But mostly because he has had a lot of experience dealing with many world leaders. He also speaks the truth.

[@noaht8592]

Dont forget genocide and oppression @@Mercmad

[@jaytee4482]

@@noaht8592 yeah, how are the Aborigines doing lately?

[@noaht8592]

@@jaytee4482 Oh terribly, I definitely am not proud of my own countries actions. Im not a blind nationalist like you. but they still are but we aren't locking them up in camps teaching them how to be Australian( I mean we used to) but we are allowing and aiding them to conserve their culture and we are actively trying t

[@suzegiljer3206]

Genius and visionary at work,that;s Paul

[@mahamedabdi2046]

God pless keating .from mahamed who come to Australia in 1988.

[@adelaidedupont9017]

"The rules are written by a lot of people - the rules were written by our friends," #paulkeating #juliebishop #pleasedontletusgo #kimbeazley

[@Mercmad]

you forgot George Soros.

[@ctwatcher]

Someone said to ask Keating if his daughter knows Andrew sweats.

[@roberthamilton-om4pb]

What an intellect. Too little of this in politics or the bureaucracy.

[@ijaxinwz]

It's amazing his analysis of US and Russia relationship is so prescient

[@Gator1699]

Brilliant.

[@bellybutton6138]

Host: How do we influence China? K: By being clever. If you are dumb, they will treat you like dumb. LOL. Kudo to Keating who speak well of Russia. Today's Russia-China strong relationship is more or less the work of the Americans and Europeans. The consistent unreasonable sanctions and jabbing of the Bear and Dragon has pushed them to form a formidable alliance. Good luck to us.

[@andrewmah5605]

Australian Didgeridoo and The Boomerang ! 👏🏿👏👏🏿👏🙏😇🙏😍

[@andrewmah5605]

At the Cairo meeting at the Conclusion of the 2nd WORLD WAR, Generalisimo, Chang Kai Shek demanded that Japan should give Up all Territories it had Conquered ! 👍👍👍

[@peterboyle5930]

Where’s my acknowledgement?

[@currawong2011]

What a difference there is between what we had with Keating and what we are presently stuck with, meaning Morrison and his wrecking crew

[@neildelauney2385]

It's a shame the present political structure is a wash with mundane issues rather than seeing the big picture of future poverty with the global demand of resources that cannot be sustainable into the future with the global population boom and the room to sustain the future generations with economical freedoms

[@rodgerhempfing2921]

Twitter verse is just static, agreed.

[@zoltanrudolf9413]

It’s very loud static.

[@MAI11.5]

This is heights , do you still think that your AI guys is in the capacity to stop me from the work which my Lord wants me do then its the biggest mistake ever . The UN is deliberately delaying the meeting process as they are aware that I am running out of resources as all my means of communication is being blocked in Australia and till date not even have contacted me once via phone or in person it shows the games everyone is playing to burry this matter . I clearly sate that I am happy to work with you all to help achieve the solution we all seek preserving what we have and save the world from ineveitable distruction . You have no right to decide the future of human slavery in any way shape or form . I hope the message is clear and you will be acting responsibly from hear on . Jesus blessings

[@donaldmac1250]

" we have to be clever "....we dont need a massive population but unless we invest heavily in artificial intelligence and sophisticated development of our resources to the manufacturing stage we will be left behind begging the asians to buy our bananas....look how thats going with the chinese two years after this conversation. In actuality australia could become a very powerful country.

[@johnkretowicz657]

Mr. Keating instead of a comment, I would like to make a statement: At my mind, I was, and still, I am, The Labour man, however, I've been treated very shabbily by the section of The Australian Maritime Union, because I dare to speak my mind on the behaviour of some members of the mentioned Union, for example, I objected to the throwing out chocolate bars overboard because Agent did not provide The Marrsbrars, as well as, I did not allow to use Satelite Communication for free, it was expensive at the time, and it went from bad to worst, six security guards attacked me, two drag my children away, and four did me once over, braking the rib on the left side of my body, the nightmare continued, I was thrown to the city watchhouse and interviewed by drank Solicitor, who refused to give his name or business card, then thrown to The Royal Brisbane Hospital examined on my right side of the body and after Dr. Phsiciatrist send to mental Clinic, the story is much longer, but what I am trying to say is, that I can forgive all that, but never forget. And the only thing I DEMAND! from The Australian Authorities is not the compensation at all, but my Old Aged Pension, and the money stolen by AMP, my private contribution, and sorting out problem with my Citizenship. Thank You. I deserve some dignity after more than thirty years in this beautiful country of Yours.

[@blazeovich]

"...a bunch of detainees don't have proper legal representation." Got it.

[@GG-kc6ie]

The thought provoking standard of modern academia 🤦‍♂️

[@81forever50]

So what my Marines. AUS staunch

[@geohiker9196]

What does Keating think about bio warfare?

[@markorubenstein]

You kinda want a long format conversational podcast with joe rogan. Flesh out a piece of work rather than a more strict question and answer. Totally changing the way convos go. still good though

[@jeremygreen2198]

Was oy one of 2 Treasurers ever to win the prestige euro money magazines Treasurer of the year other one being Wayne Swan! LNP have never had a Treasurer win it??

[@hendrang1]

the australian government now is doing the exact opposite of what keating advised to do.

[@peterboyle5930]

Smells

[@benwend4619]

if Albo has 1/4 of Keating's wisdom. he wouldn't took sub deal. it is also a bad idea have US army in our soil. once they get in, too hard to get rid of.

[@peterboyle5930]

Missing his hat. Melding Meldrum.

[@peterboyle5930]

Woof

[@rexjames0015]

Thinking of a pig farm, will Tommy come in with me Paul?

[@BoratSagdiyev69]

😊 på

[@peterboyle5930]

Where were you on 9/11?

[@markc1515]

I think Prime Minister Hawk was our last great leader. The golden age of leadership. i remember lining up for an apprenticeship at the xxxx brewery at age 18. A mate and i were there 2 hours before the doors opened and there was still 20+ people in front Didn't worry us, as there was a few apprenticeships and a few permanent jobs going. Five minutes before the doors open, four car loads of Vietnamese men and at least 6 in each car pulled up opposite the front door. You could do that in those days. They joined the end of the line. Fair go. when the doors opened to accept applications, the Australian Vietnamese men rushed to the front. i am amazed to this day that nothing was reported in the news. It was a bloodbath. Years later i was making hearing aids. we had both sides of the security forces in the balkan wars, horrific massacres, ethnic cleansing, torture, rapes and the use of concentration camps. what i had to do to keep these people from tearing each other apart still traumatises me . Still nothing like what they went through. One woman described to me the rape and torture of her and her sisters and young brother by the croatin forces. one of the best workers was a croatian colonel and lets not forget the African continent. the australian africans have brought their trauma to us, but in each case, i've described, it has taken decades toto assimilate each of these traumas into our society. These high fluting, high and mighty creatures don't acknowledge the fairdinkum, fair nature of the regular Australians. I don't trust Keating.

[@Kajpaje]

Mark, your experience is from another world, and I am not for one minute suggesting it's not valid. You also mention a lot of suffering from this past, and I hope you are in a good place now. Keating and Hawke had a vision that represented the Australian worker and our sense of self, sense of identity and independence. He is not Jesus, but he was working class with a strong Irish Catholic background. I'd mention that he stood up to those in power and did great things like mandate superannuation, to help the worker out in retirement, and be a pool of money that encourages investment in infrastructure that benefits Australians. Our reputation in Asia, being a part of rejecting apartheid... Howard used fear of brown people in boats to win an election while defunding training , uni, tafe, while opening up visas for foreign workers to come here and ignore awards. Lib policy is protecting franking credits, and casual working conditions... I would trust Keating and gladly shake his hand.

[@markc1515]

@@Kajpaje thankyou for your reply. Mine and most people's perceptions are a product of our past, and our present needs. Unless you become self aware, then the truth becomes apparent. i acknowledge that Keating did some good and you have the right to shake his hand. We are a liberal democratic society. I have travelled the world and not always as a tourist. i witnessed some of what the Chinese did in Tibet. Their respect for life not their own is a lot less than others. I'm fearful for the future of our liberal democratic society. He opened us up without the appropriate checks and balances.

[@bonkersblock]

What is role of Australia in the time of trump?? Plus does Asians have any say to it??🤣🤣🤣

[@anEyePhil]

Any Australian Republic must not give appointment of a Head of State to corrupt politicians. The people deserve the right to elect their President Head of State. If not, I would prefer the UK Royal Family to some flunky of the LNP or Labor. Keating's so-called "model" is crippled by political donations and corruption. LNP and Labor both serve their donors, not their constituents.

[@peterboyle5930]

Double/triple chin er

[@peterboyle5930]

Can’t put sentences together.

[@Songa-ge7ij]

Its a plus to accommodate russia.

[@adelaidedupont9017]

I see this too, Eunice! An #asianpolicy without #russia would be a folly.

[@fightington]

Morisson wouldn't be worthy of holding this guys beer and albo is yuppie soccer dad into model trains level compared to Keating

[@jadesmith6823]

And now Asia runs us Paul... Well done ✅🤦

[@sidheshpatil7120]

In the context of India, and perhaps many other parts of the world, it seems the idea of globalisation is not responded with resentment, so long as it is argued upon for its benefits by communities seeking the right to self determination. For example: Many Hindus in India do not want a Muslim to craft foreign policy. Likewise, there are Muslims in India who would prefer to have an Islamic leader negotiate trade deals with rest of the world. If not religion, something else might be the driver for self determination. Race, Language, Profession, Ethnicity, Gender etc.

[@peterboyle5930]

Needs a minder.

[@sidheshpatil7120]

I like to exercise caution in doing business with Christians. I feel, they are always on the lookout for someone who they can shift their liabilities to! A Christian mind is always seeking to answer one question - "Who is going to be the next Jesus?"! Listening to "Michael Buble" is more rewarding than listening to the audiobook "Christian Bible"!

[@jimhaut480]

Yea, you sound like an athiest Talmudic Jew !

[@zoltanrudolf9413]

What a bizarre and bogus comment.

[@WayneHo-ly7pe]

NA

[@PhuquerkProductions]

Keating almost says we should fight against America. is he completely insane?

[@jordymaas565]

no, a political 'intelectual'; somewhat bereft of local historical respect.

[@petebrady5066]

⁹

[@VenturiLife]

"De oppresso liber" - Bleating.

[@peterboyle5930]

This weirdness woman

[@jadesmith6823]

Lol yes! India and China have found a way... RIP AUSTRALIA

[@carpecervisiam9366]

Did a wonderful job with the J curve, was supposed to be a little way down & a long way up, unfortunately he was reading it backwards. Almost loves China more than himself

[@pierreahsue8105]

F

[@hbjiyoiho8477]

what a disgusting blovation of an introduction. being a willing cog in the machinations of global finance doesn't earn any respect from me.

[@johnyringo6890]

With the evil forces he was up against he did all he could to create a better world for low & middle income working class people & saw decades into the furure with worker rights, worker safety, longevity, super annuation, pensions, penalty rates & focus on family income & quality of life with work life balance & taxing the wealthy & big business to pay for the nations debts & boosted economy to the point that under his leadership Australia was the booming land of milk & honey, so that ignorant pitiful people like you born in your silver spoon crasle can still enjoy & inherit some of those old riches he set in stone a long time ago. What did you do today? Long live Paul Keating.

[@jimhaut480]

A Rothschild criminal Puppet !

[@jackbrady9738]

@@jimhaut480 are you joking? LMAO????

[@jackbrady9738]

@@johnyringo6890 100%

[@jimhaut480]

@@jackbrady9738 Read the Constitution lately ? Know "WHAT" the (Australia Act) is ? Hawke & Keating Trashed our Constitution, & sold our national bank, to Rottenchilds ! LMAO Is "THAT" a joke that The Peoples RESERVE BANK is Privately owned ? Corporatised our country with an A.B.N Number in Washington. Maybe your a Hasbara Troll!

[@peterboyle5930]

Who paid for this?

[@Mrhasbarafree]

Hegemony not Germany

[@PhuquerkProductions]

This man should never have been prime minister

[@VenturiLife]

Didn't age well in 2020...

[@AJ-nj3un]

What a waste of time

[@jadesmith6823]

Who owns Australia Paul?

[@Jack-ev1up]

@@johnroche6542 preach it man :)

[@BH-kl2rn]

@heath gallagher You clueless idiot.

[@scorpiuswireless1]

I turned off after the first ten seconds of dribble.

[@barraabus]

This must be a joke, right?

[@PaulP580]

Chinese Bots love Keating 🤣👎

[@paulmartin8299]

Bollocks. Illiterate bigot like you have no independence of thoughts and would not comprehend the complexities of our current geopolitical situations. It's a different era and our Asian neighbors [not only China] will be fast growing economies. Australia is in very close proximity to Asian countries relative to Europe and the USA. Unless you are a racist like Donald Trump, you should stop labelling bots simply because they disagree with you. You don't have democratic minds n

[@paulmartin8299]

Bollocks. Illiterate bigot like you have no independence of thoughts and would not comprehend the complexities of our current geopolitical situations. It's a different era and our Asian neighbors [not only China] will be fast growing economies. Australia is in very close proximity to Asian countries relative to Europe and the USA. Unless you are a racist like Donald Trump, you should stop labelling bots simply because they disagree with you. You don't have democratic minds n

[@555pj]

​@@paulmartin8299whys keatings daughter on video hugging prince andrew as shes leaving one of Jeffery epsteins mansions... Paul keating is one of the 28 vip pedos covered up by howard with a 90 year suppression order

[@555pj]

​@@paulmartin8299everyones a racist if they dont follow your forced multi culti agenda

[@blazeovich]

It's weird that you express the desire to be free of Britain, then you undermine Taiwan's desire to be free and independent of China. Double-mouthed much?

[@zoltanrudolf9413]

At face value you have a point. But listen more closely next time. Keating said keep your democracy, your flag etc. but don’t say you’re not Chinese. He never said we’re British?!

[@blazeovich]

@@zoltanrudolf9413, the problem is, you don't have the right to tell them that to call themselves, especially since they are a sovereign nation. What Keating is doing here is simply being afraid of, and psycophantically praising, China.

[@zoltanrudolf9413]

@@blazeovich I think we owe it to each other to unpack Paul’s point and his choice of words a bit more. The statement “don’t say you’re not Chinese” implies that One China is about some sort of ethnic solidarity. You and I both know (and so does Keating) that One China means nothing less than the total dissolution of the nation-state known as Taiwan, it’s incorporation into the PRC and a red and yellow flag being raised in Taipei. There is a note of hypocrisy at work as well as a sense of having one’s cake and eating it. They are still a lot more ethnically Chinese than Australians are ethnically Anglo-Saxon or culturally British. Of course, the Chinese Communist Party is NOT Soviet, it is Communist AND Nationalist. Unfortunately, I haven’t got all night.

[@Rob1nson]

He’s so dull