2022 Folio 3: Ethical Tensions between Australia and China
Topic Group 2: Contemporary Challenges - Social Ethics
What assessment are we working towards?You will be investigating one of the many ethical tensions that exist between Australia and China today. You'll consider points of view from Chinese and Australian perspectives, and consider how the tension can be resolved (or if not resolved, at least how it can be best managed). But first, we need to look at why Australia and China's relationship is important.
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What do you already know about China?
We'll begin by examining our existing understanding and considering what influences our general perceptions of China, and Australia's relationship with China.
What do you know about China? How did you learn that? |
Were these guys your earliest exposure
to China as a South Australian? |
Basic geography (map annotation)
Recommended further reading: Tim Marshall, 'China', Prisoners of Geography, Elliott & Thompson, London, 2015, chapter 2.
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What is Sinophobia?
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Chinese Australians today
Read and highlight key statements and statistics from Department for Home Affairs fact sheet:
We will also watch the Chinese-Australians episode of You Can't Ask That via Clickview
(Series 6, Episode 7, aired 9 June 2021). |
China and Australia today
Comparing and contrasting systems of government |
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100 years of Chinese Communist Party
Watch ABC coverage:
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What is our current relationship?
Official position of the Australian Government: |
The Australia-China bilateral relationship is based on strong economic and trade complementarities and longstanding community and cultural links. |
Australian Government, 'China country brief - Bilateral relations', Department for Foreign Affairs, https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/china/china-country-brief, viewed 15 May 2022.
Andrew Forrest, 'Who cares about the Australia-China relationship?', Lowy Institute, 17 January 2022,
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/who-cares-about-australia-china-relationship, viewed 15 May 2022.
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/who-cares-about-australia-china-relationship, viewed 15 May 2022.
An analyst's position - Kevin Rudd, former PM and author of new book about China:
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Kevin Rudd, The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China, Hachette, Sydney, 2022.