Chinanews, July 23. According to a report from Australia.com, can Australia get along with China in harmony?

In the eyes of observers, this is not difficult.

Hong Kong's South China Morning Post recently published an article entitled "Why Australia Regrets Being Enemy with China" by Singaporean commentator Suzanne Ho, stating that Australia has led an "attack on China from all sides."

While doing so, it is wishful thinking to trade with China and make money from China.

The article is excerpted as follows:

　　All affairs have a golden season, and the golden season of China's development is about to enter a period of prosperity.

Australia will be the first country to be excluded from China’s development interests.

　　In the past four years, former US President Donald Trump and Western media have portrayed China as an aggressive armed force country, which is far from the truth.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison takes the lead in pacifying the United States by enacting policies to contain China, which will only harm Australia's own economy.

　　Several surveys released last month showed that the people of China and Australia are increasingly uneasy about each other.

In fact, it is very simple for Australia to understand China and live in harmony with China.

　　There are two key "must do": one is to respect China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and the other is to treat China respectfully and allow China to have the same investment and growth opportunities as other major countries.

　　Whether it is vaccine cooperation, the "Belt and Road" initiative, or simple trade and investment, all countries will benefit a lot from China's development.

Regarding the above two key points, although Australia has done a good job in the past, respected China, and brought about tremendous development, Australia has not done so in recent years.

　　Australia led the "attack on China in all aspects", took the lead in banning Huawei technology in 2018, and last year called for an independent investigation of the origin of the new crown virus.

While doing so, Australia also hopes to trade with China and make money from China, which is wishful thinking.

　　As the spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zhao Lijian said: “We will never accept that individual countries benefit from cooperation with China on the one hand, and draw lines with ideology on the one hand, and baseless accuses of smearing China and harming China’s core interests.”

　　If the Chinese government concludes that the Morrison government is not trustworthy at all, and Australia’s influence in geopolitics is too small to be bothersome, then the Chinese government will not bother to influence the Australian government to do anything.

　　China stopped importing goods from Australia and switched to importing more goods from the United States.

Judging from recent reports, I have seen a very slight change in the Australian media’s criticism of China, perhaps because they reflected that they had gone too far in microphone diplomacy.

　　Although the Australian government will not say so, the situation is slowly and surely turning in a direction that is beneficial to China.

　　Unless Morrison changes some major policies or makes some major concessions, the Chinese government will remain silent until the emergence of a new Australian prime minister that China believes can be trusted and talked to.

Given the mistrust between China and Australia, Australia's bad situation may only get worse.