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03607aam a2200493 i 4500 001 43A205620CD411EEAAE9666853ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230617010022 008 220805s2022 xna b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021386825 020 $a 1742237150 020 $a 9781742237152 035 $a (OCoLC)1338059112 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d AUPTL $d AU@ $d BDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-cc--- $a a-cc--- 050 00 $a DU113 $b .C87 2022 082 04 $a 327.94051 $2 23 100 1 $a Curran, James, $d 1973-, $e author. 245 10 $a Australia's China odyssey : $b from euphoria to fear / $c James Curran. 260 $a Kensington, NSW : $b NewSouth Books, $c 2022. 300 $a xxxi, 319 pages ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- 1 Red glow -- 2 Euphoric realism -- 3 Great cause -- 4 China's coming -- 5 Shanghai curtains -- 6 Brutal realism -- 7 Fear and greed -- 8 Standing up -- 9 Drums of war -- Conclusion -- Postscript -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index. 520 $a Australia's relationship with China is one of the dominant geopolitical stories of our times. The need to understand the tectonic forces of history moving beneath the surface of these critical events has never been more pressing. In Australia's China Odyssey, acclaimed historian James Curran explores this crucial and complicated relationship through the prism of the prime ministers who have handled relations with Beijing since Whitlam in 1972. Much recent analysis assumes that managing China has been difficult only since 2017. Yet this relationship has always been difficult. And while there have been moments of euphoria and uplift - moments, even, when some believed Australia could have a 'special relationship' with China - high anxiety and fear have often trailed closely in that slipstream. This book provides historical ballast to a debate so often mired in the parochialism of the present. The task of adjusting to China's rise is the greatest challenge Australian diplomacy has faced since Japan's revisionist attempts to remake East Asia in the 1930s. Ultimately, while China under Xi Jinping has indeed changed, and while there is justifiable alarm concerning the course of Beijing's aggressive and authoritarian nationalism, Australia's China Odyssey asks whether we have the courage to look in the mirror and see what this debate also reveals about Australia. Reflecting on the 2022 change in government in his postscript, Curran tackles an even harder question: the future of Australia's China policy. 650 0 $a International relations. 651 0 $a Australia $x Foreign relations $z China. 651 0 $a Australia $x Politics and government $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Australia $x Politics and government $y 21st century. 651 0 $a China $x Foreign relations $z Australia. 651 0 $a China $x Politics and government $y 20th century. 651 0 $a China $x Politics and government $y 21st century. 650 7 $a Diplomatic relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01907412 650 7 $a International relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00977053 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 651 7 $a Australia. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204543 651 7 $a China. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01206073 648 7 $a 1900-2099 $2 fast 653 0 $a History (Australia) 653 0 $a Foreign policy (Australia) 653 0 $a International relations (Australia) 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117025929.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=43A205620CD411EEAAE9666853ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search