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| However, when ASPI's funding sources received international attention, ASPI made the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20201130164440/https://www.aspi.org.au/sponsors |claim]] that "In 2019-2020 Defence Industry sponsors accounted for 2% of ASPI’s funding and other industry sponsors accounted for 9%.", clearly displayed at the top of their sponsors page. Apart from the obvious question as to why Australian defence policy should be influenced at all by US arms manufacturers, this change reflects an attempt to project independence that has never been the case. | However, when ASPI's funding sources received international attention, ASPI made the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20201130164440/https://www.aspi.org.au/sponsors |claim]] that "In 2019-2020 Defence Industry sponsors accounted for 2% of ASPI’s funding and other industry sponsors accounted for 9%.", clearly displayed at the top of their sponsors page. Apart from the obvious question as to why Australian defence policy should be influenced at all by US arms manufacturers, this change reflects an attempt to project independence that has never been the case. |
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| In a piece in //The Australian Financial Review//, //[[https://www.afr.com/policy/foreign-affairs/the-think-tank-behind-australia-s-changing-view-of-china-20200131-p53wgp | The think tank behind Australia's changing view of China]]// Myriam Robin challenged the role of ASPI in influencing Australian policy. "ASPI, which is funded by the Department of Defence, foreign governments and military contractors, has also been accused of fomenting anti-China hysteria, to the alleged benefit of its benefactors". | In a piece in //The Australian Financial Review//, //[[https://www.afr.com/policy/foreign-affairs/the-think-tank-behind-australia-s-changing-view-of-china-20200131-p53wgp | The think tank behind Australia's changing view of China]]//, Myriam Robin challenged the role of ASPI in influencing Australian policy. "ASPI, which is funded by the Department of Defence, foreign governments and military contractors, has also been accused of fomenting anti-China hysteria, to the alleged benefit of its benefactors". |
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| The piece quotes various experts and commentators. | The piece quotes various experts and commentators. |
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| The idea that such a gross conflict of interest should simply be ignored should be alarming for Australian citizens. But Australians should also be aware of "the existence of a deep-seated cultural appetite in Australia for hawkishness on China. Many don't need much nudging to believe the worst of China and its people. Concerns about xenophobia appear to underlie some of the alarm over public discussion of such issues." | The idea that such a gross conflict of interest should simply be ignored should be alarming for Australian citizens. But Australians should also be aware of "the existence of a deep-seated cultural appetite in Australia for hawkishness on China. Many don't need much nudging to believe the worst of China and its people. Concerns about xenophobia appear to underlie some of the alarm over public discussion of such issues." |
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| | ==== Other critical pieces on ASPI ==== |
| | [[https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jun/08/blacklist-claim-australian-research-council-admits-scanning-applicants-for-sensitivities-china-links|‘Blacklist’ claim: Australian Research Council admits scanning applicants for ‘sensitivities’, China links]] (Guardian, Daniel Hurst, @danielhurstbne, Tue 8 Jun 2021) |
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| | ===== Reports ===== |
| | While ASPI attempts, quite laughably, to claim independence, their reports on China (as distinct from those on other issues) are consistently anti-China and hawkish, replete with conclusions preceding data and evidence and simple errors of translation. |
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| | Here are some of the most notable reports and some of the analysis of them. |
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| | "[[Uyghurs for Sale]]" report by Vicky Xu: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1415976139479162880.html |
| | [[https://www.aspi.org.au/report/china-defence-universities-tracker|The China Defence Universities Tracker]] [[The China Defence Universities Tracker]] critique. |
