Tag: Lowy Institute

Australians Remain Frosty Towards China as Wariness Over Taiwan Military Threat Grows

June 21, 2023
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A new study has revealed that in the event of a military conflict between Beijing and Washington over Taiwan, just over half of Australians would be against physically entering the contest on Taiwanese soil. However, Australians were keen to still support Taiwan, with 80 percent saying they would accept Taiwanese refugees into Australia, 76 percent…

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Report: Beijing’s Power in Asia Slumps as Australia Narrows Gap With Russia

February 6, 2023
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Beijing’s draconian “Zero-COVID” policies during the pandemic caused its influence in Asia to plummet, while Australia, which has been less affected by the pandemic, is within striking distance of overtaking Russia, a new report shows. China’s overall power in Asia declined the most in 2022, according to the Lowy Institute’s latest edition of Asia Power…

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Almost 90 Percent of Australians Don’t Trust China: Report

June 22, 2022
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Nearly 90 percent of Australians do not trust China, a leading Australian think tank expert revealed in a foreign policy speech. Michael Fullilove AM, the executive director of the Lowy Institute, spoke at the National Press Club on June 22 about the foreign policy and security challenges facing Australia’s new government. Fullilove shared in his…

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Ninety Percent of Australia Opposes the Chinese Communist Party

August 20, 2021
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Ninety percent of Australians are opposed to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), one of Australia’s leading thinktank’s has revealed. A Lowy Institute’s 2021 survey— of 2,222 Australian adults—found that while two-thirds of Australians had positive views about Chinese people, Chinese culture and history, an overwhelming 90 percent of Australians were strongly opposed China’s communist system of…

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Chinese Military Build-up Aimed At Ousting US Forces from West Pacific: Think Tank

August 11, 2021
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The People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) expansion in the western Pacific is aimed at ousting the United States armed forces from the region in the long term so that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) can easily assert control and influence over neighbouring regions. The Sydney-based think tank, the Lowy Institute, has released a paper examining the…

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Chinese Australians Underutilised in Australian Public Service: Lowy Institute

April 12, 2021
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The language skills of Chinese Australians are underused in Australia’s public service as the country faces an increasingly complex relationship with China, according to a Lowy Institute report released on Monday. Only 2.6 percent of Australian public service employees had Chinese heritage, compared to 5.6 percent of the general Australian population, and only 2.2 percent…

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