Name: 澳洲 (Why does Australia FEAR China? - VisualPolitik EN)
Uploaded: 2019-05-02T10:42:35.000Z
Duration: 13 min 52 s

It's been 45 years since China and Australia
established diplomatic relations.

中國和澳洲建交已經有45年的歷史

Throughout all these years, both countries
have maintained one the most fruitful, controversial

and interesting relationships in the entire
planet.

它是獨立口號，代表著中共的團結與自豪

A relationship based on stories about money,
spies, accusations, infidelities and many,

所以我們也說:澳大利亞人們站起來

這些年以來，中澳兩國開始了堅定，卻也頗具爭議的關係

Because, in all honesty, if we were talking
about a relationship between two people instead

一段有關金錢，諜報，醜聞指控，背信

of two countries, we'd have a great script
for a Latin American telenovela.

But obviously, this is VISUALPOLITIK, so...
to the point.

老實說，如果這邊討論的是兩個人的關係而非兩個國家

Today, China is this country's main commercial
partner.

這樣的關係會是拉丁美洲肥皂劇的好劇本

Their purchases represent about a third of
all Australian exports, 8 times more than

不過我們今天談的是政治，我們就單刀直入吧

時至今日，中國是澳洲最大的貿易夥伴

See, in 2015 China and Australia signed a
free trade agreement and today their trade

對中國的出口量占了近三分之一的總量

relations exceed 155 billion dollars per year.

And not only that, China is also becoming
an increasingly important investor in Australia,

中國和澳洲在2015年簽訂了自由貿易協定

a country where 1 in 20 people is Chinese;
among them many millionaires who decided to

兩國的年貿易總和來到了1550億美金

find a safer place with more guarantees for
their assets and lives.

不僅如此，中國也成為澳洲境內最重要的投資者

(Such is the scale of trade that financial
markets have long been of the view that the

每20位澳洲公民就有一位是中國藉，其中多是億萬富翁

Australian dollar is one of the best proxies
for bets on China itself.

目的是找一個提供財產和人身安全的地方

James Laurenceson, Deputy Director of the
Australia-China Relations Institute, University

基於澳洲市場的規模，許多中國的市場及投資者將澳幣視為避險基金

00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,900
當然，事出必有因

We already talked about it, here in VISUALPOLITIK.

澳洲已經突破紀錄，超過30年沒有任何國家危機

Australia has broken all records and has not
known a crisis for almost 30 years.

不過這樣的蓬勃發展和中國崛起有很大的關聯

Well, in all this success, the great Chinese
takeoff had a lot to do.

這也是為什麼澳洲智庫Lowy Institute對澳洲公民

Therefore, it's easy to understand why when
the Lowy Institute, an important Think Tank

發起了一項調查:中澳 或 美澳 關係，誰較重要?

in the country, asked Australians last year
which relationship was more important to them,

the one with the United States or the one
with China, it was a tie.

而美澳關係一直以來被認為較中澳堅定

Even when their relations with their North
American friends are very close.

儘管如此，中澳關係在2017年卻不是那樣順遂

However, in spite of this romance, the fact
is that 2017 was not a year of love for Australia

來看看前澳洲外交部長Bob Carr怎麼說

Check out what Bob Carr, former minister for
foreign affairs of Australia, said on the

澳洲首長的措辭是自六四天安門事件以來

( “This year, Australia declared rhetorical
war on China.

在美國盟友間的批評力道最重，甚至超越日本

The words being used by Australian leaders
are the harshest any time since diplomatic

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如妳所見，2017對兩國來說都是艱困的一年

relations commenced in 1972, with the exception
of comments at the time of the Tiananmen crackdown.

The tone is harsher than that of any other
US ally, including Japan.”

對中國抱有最大敵意的國家是澳洲

實際上，川普在白宮的發言似乎是有過之而不及

As you can see, 2017 was a very difficult
year for both countries' relations.

我們不能再讓中共強暴我們的國家，必須阻止他們
這也是我們目前為止取得最大的成功

So much so that a survey by the Global Times,
one of China's most popular newspapers,

所以坎培拉和北京之間的糾紛到底是什麼?

determined that Australia was the most hostile
country to China in 2017.

And the truth is that, with Trump in the White
House, those are big words.

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實際上，2017年初對雙方來說看起來是個好年

What has led to so much dissension between
Canberra and Beijing?

同時川普展現了"卓越"的外交手腕，針對澳洲總理開砲

也降低了澳洲總理在區域的聲望

澳洲政府甚至公開支持中國取代美國

In fact, at first, 2017 seemed like it'd
be a good year for Chinese in Australia:

成為誇太平洋夥伴關係協議的領頭羊

economic relations wouldn't stop growing;

從電視劇的角度來看，愛就是在一起

Trump, showing off his best diplomatic skills,
hung up on the Australian Prime Minister Malcolm

好景不常，這樣的關係在年中惡化

Turnbull himself, further sinking his popularity
in this area of the world;

and the Australian government even publicly
supported China replacing the United States

之前也有零星的衝突存在，不過都是芝麻小事

as a main member of the failed TPP, the Pacific
free trade agreement.

近幾年來，澳洲政府一直試圖在中國和美國之間取得平衡

We could almost say that, in telenovela terms,
love was about to succeed.

在經濟，澳洲仰賴北京政府
但在軍事方面仰賴美國

However, calm… didn't last long… and
everything started to go wrong halfway through

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我們之前提到，共和黨將澳洲視為美國最重要的盟友

澳洲是唯一一個參與了美國各大小戰爭的盟友

Yes... they'd had some clashes before, but
nothing major.

這些年來，和美國的軍事交流是如此的密切，甚至成為美國在該區域的代言人

In recent years, the Australian government
has followed a strategy that basically consisted

澳洲總理也親自表達他對美國的感激

in trying to balance their position between
Beijing and Washington.

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太平洋區域的穩定仰賴於美國的領導地位

In economic matters... it was all Beijing,
and in security and defense matters...

而這樣的領導地位出自其堅實的海軍實力

We already mentioned here, in VISUALPOLITIK,
that Republicans consider Australia to US's

儘管歷史上風波不斷，但美國守護的核心價值從未改變:

民主國家的自由，民主及公平的法律

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回到中國的角度，剛剛的發言是2017年6月2號所發表

Australia is the only country that intervened
in every major US war, and for years their

那也是第一次澳洲總理發表如此親美的言論

military relations have been so tight that
Australia has become the US's spearhead

在可預見的未來，中國會孤立那些反對它，或是和它有利益衝突的國家

The Australian Prime Minister himself has
shown his great appreciation for the United

(“The peace and stability of our region
has been enabled by consistent US global leadership.

澳洲的情報機構發出嚴重地警告

While that leadership would not have been
possible without the hard power of fleets

中國政府試圖透過各種管道影響澳洲政權

and armies, its greatest potency has come
from the values which it embodies.

手段包含了收買政府官員，記者，科學家，民調機構

Through all the twists and turns of history,
the United States has stood for the values

on which its great republic was founded: freedom,
democracy and the rule of law”.

新聞開始報導澳洲大學，研究機構，政府官員

But... back to the Chinese matter… see,
these words were pronounced on June 2, 2017.

和中國軍方的合作關係
其中包含了澳洲前貿易部長Andrew Robb

That was the first time that an Australian
Prime Minister spoke so clearly in favor of

Washington in a speech, which was also full
of warnings

利益交換達到了數百萬美元之多

當然，澳洲情報機構提防中國間諜也已經不是新聞

And then, just 8 days later... the media storm
broke out.

許多政府機關將中資放進拒絕合作名單裡

Several media reported on a single story:

舉例來說，華微已經被澳洲的5G標案裡除名

The Australian Intelligence Agency was making
very serious warnings about the Chinese government's

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這是因為澳洲害怕中國的滲透以及降低中資在澳洲的影響力

intentions to influence Australian politics
through various means, including purchasing

儘管如此，雙方的衝突從未達到如此的高度

politicians, journalists and scientists; or
the surveillance and intimidation of citizens

belonging to the Chinese community in Australia.

收買澳洲媒體，大學機構甚至是民意代表

Suddenly news started to emerge on the collaboration
Australian universities and scientists with

2017年12月12號，工黨參議員Sam Dastyari

Chinese military contractors or former politicians,
such as the former Trade Minister Andrew Robb,

澳洲的政治明星因為和中國政府掛鉤而被迫辭職

who now work for companies controlled by the
Chinese government in exchange for juicy salaries

我在之前的聲明說過，我是一位愛國者

that amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars.

And of course, the Australian security services'
fear on Chinese espionage isn't new....

之所以辭職是為了這個國家及人民

Various Australian governments have been blocking
Chinese corporate operations for years, and

除此之外它也被指控收賄以發表利中言論

have also banned companies such as Huawei
from participating in deploying a national

This is all precisely because of a fear of
espionage or excessive Chinese influence.

However, despite everything, controversy and
tension had never gone this far.

至於澳洲研究機構和中國軍方的合作

(“Media reports have suggested that the
Chinese Communist Party has been working to

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