Tin NÓNG: ÚC BẮN PHÁT SÚNG ĐẦU TIÊN VỀ PHÍA TRUNG CỘNG

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg issued a statement of support for Australia’s economic partnership with China, as the human rights partnership was quietly suspended. Picture: Kym SmithSource:News Corp Australia

Úc bắn phát súng đầu tiên về Trung Cộng. 

Vài tiếng nữa kế tiếp sẽ là Hoa Kỳ.

Úc đã chấm dứt quan hệ đối tác nhân quyền với Trung cộng vì những lý do sau:

1/ Trung cộng đã giam giữ hàng loạt người Duy Ngô Nhĩ .
2/ Trung cộng đã đối xử bạo lực với các cuộc biểu tình dân chủ ở Hồng Kông.
3/ Trung cộng đã cấm hai nghị sĩ Úc chỉ trích hành động phi nhân quyền của Trung cộng .

Bộ Ngoại giao và Thương mại Úc cho biết Chương trình quan hệ đối tác nhân quyền trị giá 7,4 triệu đô la trong ba năm, nhằm thúc đẩy cải cách nhân quyền, đã bị Úc đình chỉ.
( Lan Le)

link :
- https://7news.com.au/…/china-aust-human-rights-partnership-…

-https://www.theaustralian.com.au/…/cb1ffc8a595afc11e2979680…

-https://www.news.com.au/…/…/eecd36aca02bff017660ae01bd007083

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China-Australia human rights partnership canned

Australia’s human rights partnership with China has been quietly suspended as political tensions between Beijing and Canberra come under further strain.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has issued a statement of support for Australia’s economic partnership with China, as political tensions between Beijing and Canberra come under further strain.

But Mr Frydenberg says while China has outstripped the United States as Australia’s largest foreign investor, there are clear differences between the two nations that need to be carefully managed.

“China is an important partner as well but we both acknowledge there are important differences including our different political systems,” he will tell a strategic forum in Sydney on Monday.

“We are best served by being clear and consistent in the policy positions we take in accordance with our values and national interest.

“We may disagree at times with China on human rights, foreign investment and other matters but by being clear and consistent our differences need not undermine this important relationship.”

Meanwhile, Australia’s human rights partnership with China has been quietly suspended over Beijing’s mass detention of Uighurs.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade says the Human Rights Technical Co-operation Program, worth $7.4 million over three years, has been suspended after more than two decades.

The program was set up between DFAT, the Australian Human Rights Commission and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Adding to the strain is China’s decision to block coalition backbenchers Andrew Hastie and James Paterson from visiting the country until they “repent” for criticising Beijing.

Mr Hastie has no intention of scaling back his criticism of Chinese attempts to exert influence in Australia and human rights abuses against Uighurs in the country’s western Xinjiang province.

“Senator James Paterson and I will not repent,” Mr Hastie said. Former head of Defence and Foreign Affairs, Dennis Richardson, has slammed the ban.

“It highlights the propensity of authoritarian governments to be a bit thin- skinned about criticism,” he said.

“Andrew Hastie, whether you agree with him or not, is a thoughtful person and the Chinese would have found him someone prepared to listen and to learn.”

The decision comes after Liberal MPs Andrew Hastie and James Paterson were barred from entering China.

Mr Hastie and Mr Paterson were set to visit Beijing in December, along with their Labor colleague Matt Keogh, as part of a study tour organised by the China policy think tank China Matters.

But on Friday it was revealed the trip would not go ahead.

“We regret the decision of the government of the People’s Republic of China, conveyed to China Matters via the PRC embassy in Canberra, that at this time Mr Hastie and Senator Paterson are not welcome,” the think tank said in a statement.

“We had looked forward to learning from the Chinese people about their culture, history and perspective during this visit,” Mr Hastie and Mr Paterson said in reaction to the news.

“We are disappointed that this opportunity for dialogue now won’t occur. We are particularly disappointed that the apparent reason why we are not welcome in China at this time is our frankness about the Chinese Communist Party.

“Despite this, we will always speak out in defence of Australia’s values, sovereignty and national interest.

“We look forward to a time when the Chinese government realises it has nothing to fear from honest discussion and the free exchange of ideas.”

Mr Hastie sparked a political and diplomatic controversy in August when he compared China’s global ambition to the rise of Nazi Germany.