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According to Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald, Australian Foreign Minister Frances Adamson called on Cheng Jingye, China’s ambassador to Australia, to clarify his statements about “economic boycotts” in education, tourism and agriculture after the first Australian Minister Scott Morrison announced that the country would pursue the same Covid-19 traceability.
Australian Commerce Minister Simon Birmingham commented that Cheng’s comments were “disappointing” and insisted that Australia would not change its position to conduct an independent investigation into the source of the disease it is causing worldwide. About this “fight”.
Meanwhile, the Chinese ambassador to Australia, Cheng Jingye, declined to comment further on his statement. Instead, Mr. Cheng called on the Australian Government to “avoid traceability” and focus on promoting bilateral trade relations between the two countries.
Jane Golley, director of the China Studies Center in Australia, said the political disagreements would not have a major impact on bilateral trade relations. The evidence is that exports between Australia and China have grown steadily through many times of mounting political tensions.
According to statistics, China remains Australia’s largest resource export market, including coal and iron ore. However, this market will not face too many risks because it is still an area to strengthen the Chinese economy.
Furthermore, according to Golley, the country’s education market will not be greatly affected by the hundreds of thousands of Chinese students who have committed to at least 3 years of study at Australian universities. Furthermore, tensions between China and Australia’s biggest educational rival – the United States are now escalating. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese students in the United States have attempted to withdraw or move to other countries.
On the other hand, Australia’s agricultural export industry may face difficulties if Chinese consumers are no longer interested in Australian products. However, this scenario is also unlikely because it will only be affected when consumers change their individual needs.
Meanwhile, Australia’s tourism industry is expected to be the hardest hit if China’s “economic sanctions” are implemented. According to statistics, around 1.4 million Chinese tourists came to Australia last year. And, of course, this number is likely to plummet this year due to the effects of the Covid-19 epidemic on the tourism industry and the “economic boycott” in Australia from China.
The fact has shown that China has used “economic sanctions” in the two economies, South Korea and Taiwan in 2017 and 2019, when the Chinese are prohibited from traveling in groups to these two places.
“It is clear that they still have different ways of implementing sanctions. However, thanks to that, a large number of individual tourists has grown steadily over the years,” emphasized Professor Jane Golley.
