Australian Engagement with Asia: Towards closer political, economic and cultural ties

Aarons, Haydn; Pietsch, Juliet

doi:10.22459/aifg.11.2012.03

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“…A priority of 'Asian literacy' was language proficiency in Japanese, Bahasa Indonesia, Korean and Mandarin. 21 Despite the allocation of A$220 million to the program and the privileging of Asian languages, the NALSAS learning outcomes fell below targets, and it ended in 2007. 22 A new impetus and funding was given to the study of Asian languages under the Rudd government, and the introduction of a national curriculum in schools has included languages as a key study area.…”

Section: Connecting Through Education and Languagementioning

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Australian–Japanese Cultural Connections

Darian‐Smith¹

2023

The Australian Embassy in Tokyo and Australia–Japan Relations

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In the 1950s, most Australians knew little of Japan and its people beyond recent wartime experiences and stock stereotypes, and this was mirrored by the very limited knowledge of most Japanese about the society and environments of modern Australia. As bilateral trade flourished as a result of economic growth in both nations, and the enmity that had existed during World War II quickly receded into the past, the relationship that developed between Australia and Japan over the next 70 years was distinctive and multilayered. Government-to-government relations frame what is now a myriad of institutional, community and personal connections between Australia and Japan-and indeed Australians and Japanese people-that span interests and generations.

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Section: Connecting Through Education and Languagementioning

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Australian–Japanese Cultural Connections

Darian‐Smith¹

2023

The Australian Embassy in Tokyo and Australia–Japan Relations

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“…This included the establishment of orphanages, visits to children's homes and, to give one example, the rebuilding of classrooms burnt by the atomic bomb at a primary school in the Senda area of Hiroshima city. 21 Person-to-person interactions extended beyond everyday cooperation and the ban on fraternisation, to incorporate instances of friendship and respect between individuals. Some of these exchanges were romantic, and more than 650 Japanese women bravely migrated to Australia as the wives and fiancées of Australian servicemen.…”

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“…The problem, as Watt saw it, was that McEwen was not only powerful, but also handled the trade treaty extremely well. 21 Watt's frustrations that Australia was losing influence in Japan were evident in his reporting. For example, annoyed that Japan chose Iran and Peru over Australia to sponsor its application for UN membership, Watt wrote in his dispatch to External Affairs:…”

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The Australian Embassy in Tokyo and Australia–Japan Relations

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List of Illustrationsxiii Key Treaties and Events 1927 Japan-Australia Association formed by business firms and bankers. 1932 The Ottawa Agreement upheld the principle of preferential trade and confirmed Britain as Australia's most important customer and central to its trading interests. Countries such as Japan, while important to Australia, had to take second place behind the trading concerns of the United Kingdom. 1934 The 1934 Australian Eastern Mission-Australia's first diplomatic mission outside of Britain and its empire-sent Attorney-General John Latham to the countries of East and Southeast Asia. Popularly known as the 'Goodwill Mission', this included Latham's goodwill visit to Tokyo. 1936 22 May: the Australian government further entrenched the principle of preferential trade with the implementation of a new Australian trade policy-a 'trade diversion policy'. Tariff rates were to be raised substantially and a special licensing system introduced which would discriminate against imports from countries such as Japan and the United States while favouring British imports. Before May 1936, Japan and Australia had been negotiating a treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation. This was abandoned. The bitter trade dispute in 1936, together with the Australian iron ore embargo, left a disagreeable aftertaste in commercial relations, and trade between the two countries did not fully recover for many years. 1936-37 Australian exports to Japan more than halved and continued to fall. Japanese imports of Australian wool and wheat declined noticeably in the late 1930s.

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“…Từ ý tưởng đề xuất tại Thượng viện, Evans phát triển thành đề án "Campuchia: Một đề án hòa bình của Australia -Cambodia: An Australian Peace Proposal" (Sách Đỏ) và đưa ra tại Hội nghị không chính thức về Campuchia tại Jakarta vào tháng 2 năm 1990. Kế hoạch hòa bình cho Campuchia của Australia được đánh giá là khởi đầu một hướng hoàn toàn mới trong việc giải quyết khủng hoảng ở Campuchia, là "một nỗ lực đầy khát vọng để giải quyết mối mâu thuẫn đa dạng phức tạp với nhiều bên liên quan"13 . Thứ hai, Australia cũng đã có nhiều nỗ lực nhằm thúc đẩy hợp tác kinh tế ở khu vực châu Á -Thái Bình Dương.…”

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“…SĐD, tr. 3299 13. Frost Frank (1991), "The Cambodian Conflict: A Path Towards Peace", Contemporary Southeast Asia, Chessboard, New York, Tập 13, tr.…”

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Australia’s engagement with East Asia: Evolution of a re-orientation in foreign policy

Trinh

2017

Sci. Tech. Dev. J. Soc. Sci. Hum.

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The outbreak and warfare activities of World War II unintendedly forced Australia to re-orient their security and defense thinking. Having realized that the British security environment and that of their own were far diverged from each other, Australia began to re-orient their priority in foreign policy from European issues to East Asian ones. For the Bristish, East Asia is the Far East but in Australia’s new perspective it is the Near North; thus, the security matters in East Asia are closely linked with Australian national interests. Australian independent diplomacy has been shaped during the course following their re-orienting foreign and security thinking to East Asia. This paper examines the re-orienting of Australia’s strategic thinking from Europecentered problems to Asia-centered ones as well as changing orientation towards ‘Asia’ and ‘Asian engagement’. It also argues that since it had formed, Australia’s Asia-oriented foreign policy, despite minor constraints, has been continuously developed until today.

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Australian Engagement with Asia: Towards closer political, economic and cultural ties

Cited by 4 publications

References 3 publications

Australian–Japanese Cultural Connections

Australian–Japanese Cultural Connections

The Australian Embassy in Tokyo and Australia–Japan Relations

Australia’s engagement with East Asia: Evolution of a re-orientation in foreign policy

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