It looks like our new Foreign Minister, Bob Carr, is going to get on well with China. He says that the Dalai Lama is “cunning” and “mischievous” and doesn’t believe our Prime Minister, Julia Gillard should meet with him.
Mr Carr might well believe that Tibet truly belongs to China and has done since the Manchu Dynasty but we need to know why there is a steady stream of people setting themselves on fire in protest against Chinese rule.
When Kevin Rudd was Foreign Minister, he was brave enough to tell China’s young elite that there were human rights abuses happening in Tibet and some China watchers here said how dare he lecture the Chinese.
Australia is in a difficult position because China is our number one trading partner but that doesn’t mean we have to get into bed with them. Now he’s our Foreign Minister, if Mr Carr thinks we are going to blindly agree with everything he says, he’s got another think coming.
Mr Carr might believe that Tibet is none of our business but he doesn't speak for me.
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