Relations between Australia-China are likely to deteriorate

The thunder between Australia and China refuses to calm down even after nearly three decades of cordial economic and political relations. This year, especially, saw an increase in friction points between the two and now the experts have suggested that relations might further worsen.

Even as the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said a few days earlier that he is open to dialogue with the Chinese officials but experts and those close to their affair have asserted that now the differences have reached a non-negotiable end.

The tensions initially started in 2017 but were still cordial enough for the trade and economic exchanges to continue but as Covid-19 pandemic hit, it became extremely fragile as Australia became one of the countries to blame China for it.

Canberra also became one of the leading countries strongly against policies offered to lockout Chinese tech giants like Huawei from its 5g rollout. This obviously did not go down well with China, which restricted Australian imports reasoning anti-dumping probes and strict quarantines.

Chinese foriegn ministry released a statement accusing Australia of discriminating against Chinese companies like Mengniu Dairy, which was restricted from completing 200 million Australian dollar needed to acquire Melbourne-headquartered Lion DairyDrinks.

One of the scholar’s in China, Quindo Xu, said the steps taken by China were only ‘natural’ as the other party saw chinese organisation as a threat. "It was 'hard to be optimistic' about Australia-China relations and that Australian exports would 'suffer greatly' in the year ahead if Canberra did not take the initiative to repair ties," added Xu.

James Laurenceson, director of the Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney, also said that it is unlikely that the relations will improve in any way.

"I tend to be pessimistic that progress will be made, seeing little willingness on China's part to acknowledge and take seriously the many rhetorical and policy differences between the US and Australia, and Australia's unwillingness to take seriously how its diplomacy and policy steps have contributed to China forming these perceptions.

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