China changes everything (unprecedented speed and scale of its economic development, the possible threat posed by its military and territorail ambitions, the more diffuse influence of its culture and people)
the rise of regions (regions have become part of the international system)
China transformed (in many ways other than the economic development)
East Asia or Asia Pacific?
Southeast Asia
Northeast Asia
India, Russia, and Central Asia
Sino-Australian relations
a regional or global power?
Sino-Australian relations
Hobbled by history? Australian learders have been prennially anxious about their physical location, seeing themselves as a long way from their potential Western allies. .. a policy shift from Britain to the US during WWII to this day .. loyalty to the US to demonstrate their commitment to the alliance in the hope the US would do likewise. During the cold war, relations between China and Australia were difficult and not normalised until formaer prime minister Gough Whitlam made what was then seen as a daring and unprecedented visit to China to restore relations.
Expanding economic relationship: China replaced Japan as Australia's single most important export market in 2007. Dealing with state capitalists, Australia and resource curse (Sierra Leone, Middle Eastern authoritarian regimes), geopolitics and security, the ties that bind, shaping the region, Chinese perspectives of Australia
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