China’s “wolf warrior” diplomacy_ ‘Complete miscalculation’: What China got wrong about Australia in the wake of coronavirus pandemic

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‘Complete miscalculation’: What China got wrong about Australia in the wake of coronavirus pandemic

Former foreign affairs minister Alexander Downer said China’s “wolf warrior” diplomacy in the wake of the pandemic took the world by surprise.

Victoria Craw @Victoria_Craw
news.com.au 
July 1, 20208:05am

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Former Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Alexander Downer said China has miscalculated by taking the ‘long handle’ to Australia. Picture: Lukas Coch/AAP Source:AAP


The Chinese Government has made a “complete miscalculation” by taking the “long handle” to Australia following calls for an inquiry into the coronavirus pandemic and risks uniting Western allies against the country.

That’s according to former Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer, who said China’s aggressive sense of “wolf warrior” diplomacy in the wake of the pandemic has taken many nations by surprise.

Mr Downer, who also previously served as high commissioner to the UK and now works as Chairman of Trustees for UK think tank the Policy Exchange, said Western allies previously had different views on how to manage their relationship with the superpower. But the “vehemence” of China’s reaction to the Australian calls for an inquiry has shocked many.

“I suppose the Chinese thought that they could take the long handle to Australia because Australia is smaller, whereas to do the same to the United States would invite a very damaging backlash from the Americans,” he told news.com.au.

“In the case of Australia they, I guess, feel there is not so much Australia can do but actually that’s a complete miscalculation because Australia has such a network of allies around the world. I mean not least the United States and the UK and those countries have been very supportive.”

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Mr Downer said he believes the Morrison Government has been handling the escalating situation “really well” given it’s complicated by the fact China is Australia’s largest trading partner.

“China has become much more aggressive, pursuing this wolf-warrior diplomacy,” he said. “But the world has been startled by the vehemence of China’s reaction to Australia just suggesting there should be an international investigation into the outbreak of coronavirus which is an entirely uncontroversial and reasonable proposition, particularly as so many people have died and so many economies have collapsed as a result of it.

“China has been extremely aggressive towards a number of other countries including the UK where its threatened all sorts of hell and damnation if the UK reverses its decision on Huawei’s involvement with 5G. So China’s changed. China is pursuing a very unwise, very aggressive as they call it ‘wolf-warrior’ diplomacy and in the process it’s isolating itself.”

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