‘Stop making noise’: China gets tough on Hu.
It didn’t take us long to find out how Kevin Rudd’s new diplomatic strategy would play out. Not very successfully, it appears.
A spokesman for the Chinese government, Qin Gang, explained why businessman Stern hu is guilty of espionage… because he caused monetary losses for Chinese interests. But since [...]
Kevin Rudd has introduced a new approach to foreign policy in his approach to China over the arrest of Australian businessman Stern Hu. You might call it the “vindictive dweeb”. It could also be called the “passive aggressive ex girlfriend strategy” or the avenging creampuff. The basic strategy has two components.
1. be a creampuff. When [...]
As Glen Milne said on ABC’s show Insiders, when talking about Stern Hu, the Rio Tinto executive who was arrested in China for espionage:
“This is what happens when you do a deal with the devil.”
He also observed: “We keep talking about the “Chinese Government.” It’s not a government, it’s a regime.”
This is the problem. [...]