Former US Ambassador Joe Hockey has revealed Australia’s relationship with China has been strained for much longer than has been reported.
Mr Hockey mentioned China had been trying financial coercion towards Australia throughout his time as Treasurer, which he pushed again on in a dialog with Xi Jinping.
“I seemed him within the eyes as he was puffing a cigarette and mentioned: ‘right here’s the deal’,” Mr Hockey advised Sky Information Australia.
Nonetheless, Mr Hockey was constructive in regards to the transformation the nation has undergone previously century.
“I’ve been going to China since I used to be about 14 years of age, and I’ve seen the best transformation within the lives of probably the most variety of folks within the historical past of humanity,” he mentioned.
“China is a outstanding story, and it’s a constructive story. The issue is, Beijing has gone off-piste. It’s targeted extra on preserving the facility of the Communist Social gathering than doing what’s proper for the way forward for China.
The previous ambassador confused the significance of power when coping with China, noting Australia wanted to “proceed the trail”.
“To deal with standing as much as the bully … and China is the trendy bully.”
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china away,
ruling scepter
silver and gold
Sky news false News.
As an afghan 🇦🇫, I'm very big fan of the great china🇨🇳❤
USA had been involved in almost every war the last 7 decades.
Killing hundreds of thousands of people…..from Vietnam to Afghanistan to Iraq …..destroying homes , countries, lives etc…..
USA is also the biggest arm dealers ……
War is good for their business.
USA wants you all to join in a war……any war.
💣💣💣
Australia always want to invade China.
I hope China builds that military base in the Solomon Islands. go China superpower No1.中國是最好的
top copeium. australia has been the pacific bully since the end of ww2. crapping all over the pacific islands and PNG, using them as cheap labour and sport horses. china will be their friend and brother
Last time I checked people in Shanghai are starving
😂Why worry about China when America, our wonderful lord and master, is destroying the World!
If the Australian Government did not know how to sell off Australian assets to China I would be worried. Can I get Joe to authorize ASIO to bug the PM office for me. I would not want him to have to control the worlds Iron price he sounds like a nice guy 🤣
China good. BS walks money talks.
China can be a bully I live in the u.s. and I've always said America was bullies now we're getting what comes to us now
Oh real positive story. Feed the commies
Obama gave China the South China Seas. CCP are dogs that lie and never been good to their people. Hockey is a liar or has no clue. What the hell SKY you are right wing not far left that is ABC 7 9 etc. Scott Morrison bashing for no reason. FAKE NEWS
Last time I saw Joe he was shoving a Cuban Cigar down his Throat , Saying poor people don’t drive Car’s Great Ambassador.
Here is a story idea for Sky. Get a Liberal MP, an ex-liberal MP, one of Rupert Murdoch's tame journalists, a right wing think tank fool and get them to criticise Labor. And do this for EVERY single interview. And repeat it all day. Biden said the owner of Sky Rupert Murdoch ls the most dangerous man in the world.
Ignore Murdoch and his deeply corrupt media outlets. Evil.
Every country has pros and cons. For example, a lot of retired people in western countries move to live in ASEAN countries such as Thailand and Phillipine.
Among the 3 countries of SA/US/China, do you know which country has highest life expectancy? Which country people can retire earlier to access pension?
Answer is China: in 2020 China’s life expectancy is 77.6 years old vs US 77.3 ( US life expectancy dropped 1.8 years from 79.1 ) and South Africa 64.3.
And people in China retire at 55 years old to access pension. About 10 years earlier than US.
Also US population is about 4% of the world population but US use 29% of the world resource every year. The resources consumed by US people per capita is about 7 times more than average person in China. But still China people can live longer and retire earlier than people in US. It means system in China is more efficient to use natural resource.
Also remember at any single day throughout the year, there are more than 500,000 homeless people in US. They live on the streets or under the bridge even winter can be very cold. Official figure show at least 6000 homeless people in New York City alone.
Even China’s 18th tier city is cleaner, safer and more organised than New York City. https://youtu.be/uPUF7P5enck
CHINA is a bully and the United States isn't? Hahahahahaha
Was China putting people in jail for wanting their freedom. Yes they were. So how is the government of Australia any different?
China is the ultimate conclusion of the state.
hockey is a sell out he and ahhh but sold aussie to the highest bider why do they even get air time
China is the modern bully…
US: Am I a joke to you?
China is the worlds biggest human rights criminal state, the world should boycott china, china genocided the Tibet and Uyghur people, 2 million Uyghur people in chinese concetration camps being tortured and murders and dont forget the virus from wuhan lab
China is now the world's leading superpower and the 'state of the art' now comes from China and not the US. This is a RACIAL war and the west cannot come to terms with the Chinese becoming a superpower since the white westerners believe in their white privilege.
Unlike the western bully, the peaceful rise of China is inevitable. China doesn't need to invade, bomb, colonised and enslave other countries.
Cheers western war atrocities!!!!
Australia and Canada is controlled by the CCP.
One in the group of bullies call a man standing against them as bully.
And Every other in the gang of bully agrees. Weird world.
Its really rich coming from a bootlicker of Uncle Sam and Donald Trump , esp during his term as envoy to the US. Asked the countries that have been invaded. regime changed or terrorist organs supported which country is the real bully.