Coming to Terms with China: Managing Complications in the Sino-Australian Economic Relationship

Beeson, M. and Wilson, J.D. (2015) Coming to Terms with China: Managing Complications in the Sino-Australian Economic Relationship. Security Challenges, 11 (2). pp. 21-37.

Abstract

The ascent of China has irrevocably changed Australia’s external strategic environment. While China became Australia’s top trading partner during the mid-2000s, tensions in the bilateral economic relationship have posed a series of complications for Australian policymakers. In this article, we explore four areas where these complications have become salient: economic asymmetries, Chinese state capitalism, the so-called resource curse, and tensions with geopolitical imperatives. We argue these demonstrate that China’s rise is not only a security challenge for Australia but also an economic one, which demands new strategies that are
sensitive to the challenges and vulnerabilities of the Sino-Australian economic relationship.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publisher:	Institute for Regional Security
Publisher's Website:	https://www.regionalsecurity.org.au/page-665180
URI:	http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/37355

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