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...uranium sales, human rights, tourist visas, students, intellectual property, military exercises, official delegations and Taiwan - makes for a great deal of bureaucratic and political work. Factor in the increasing intensity of engagement across the board (as well as the pace of globalization more generally) and it's clear that Canberra's China nannies are a busy bunch. A single incident or issue - hardball iron-ore price negotiations, the persecution of the Falun Gong spiritual movement or the defection of a Chinese diplomat, such as Chen Yonglin, the senior consular official in Sydney who has sought political asylum in Australia...
...conscience and rejecting life and work under an authoritarian state. Whatever his motives, Chen has given one regime a slap in the face, while presenting the other with a highly visible test of its values, humanity and independence. You can bet the political pragmatists are working overtime in Canberra and Beijing to flatten out this bump in the road...
...their top choice, according to the 2004 MetLife Survey of the American Teacher. Some 73% of beginning teachers said too many parents treat teachers as adversaries. Australian educators make the same observations: "I say to some of our parents," says Allen Brooke, principal of Caroline Chisholm High School in Canberra, " 'Can we please start this meeting with an acknowledgment of mutual goodwill...
...international trading system and give a wary state, which has experienced sanctions in the past and is disinclined to trust the world trading system, greater security over resources. For Australia, an FTA would be another step in a deepening relationship with a potential superpower; it would also help Canberra to lay the foundations for a treaty to govern future Chinese investment - relaxing the rules of what and how much a foreign entity can own in Australia - at a time when public resistance to an increased Chinese presence is virtually non-existent, says the adviser...
...free trade agreement with China, now pass through Beijing. Ties with China will not supplant Australia's military alliance with the U.S., which is still supported by the great majority of Australians. Differences in political systems and social attitudes also impose a barrier to the sort of easy interaction Canberra enjoys with Washington. But in all sorts of ways, Beijing's voice is being listened to. Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has used very careful language about Australia's attitude to potential conflict between China and the U.S. over Taiwan. The government restates its One China policy clearly and frequently...