Some readers may disagree with Manners’s philosophy of governance, or even his philosophy of business, but no one will disagree with his philosophy of life, which might be summarized as something along the lines of “go your own way; you might just find others going the same way, too.”
“It has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time; but there is the broad feeling in our country that the people should rule, continuously rule, and that public opinion, expressed by all constitutional means, should shape, guide, and control the actions of Ministers who are their servants and not their masters.”
— Winston Churchill, in Parliament, 1947
Australia’s trading relationship with China explained
Published by Salvatore Babones on November 23, 2019It is a commonplace of the Australian media’s China coverage that Australia is extraordinarily dependent on the Chinese market and must thus be extremely sensitive to the Beijing government’s “feelings,” but the “China exposure” trope is a complete myth.