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【原文标题】Australians Ride Anti-China Wave: Analysts
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分析人士：澳大利亚出现反华浪潮
悉尼报道——分析人士说，在澳大利亚一股反对中国对资源的兴趣的浪潮折射了人们对亚洲巨人在经济危机中不断增加的力量的不安。
最近几个月中国国有公司在抢购澳洲负债累累的资源公司，包括中铝投资巨人力拓的195亿美元的议案。
但购物狂欢伴随着是这样的说辞：中国对堪培拉政府有太大的影响，并且宣称澳大利亚在向最高出价人出售“农产品”。
国际政策分析家乔·李说，时下很多事情反映了“害怕、偏执、（对外国的）恐惧”，反对党也宣称会中文的总理陆克文是中国的“巡回大使”。
国防部长乔尔·菲茨吉本四年多以前没有申报的由一位华裔女商人付费的两次北京之行已经激变为“间谍”丑闻，尽管这位被谈论的女士是澳大利亚国籍。
即使是愚人节的恶作剧也暗示一家中国公司在试图寻求股权来修改著名的墨尔本板球场的名字，这在网上引起轩然大波，人们纷纷抱怨政府出卖国家的象征给亚洲人。
这和六个月前对中国的态度大不相同，那时澳大利亚还在扩大矿业开采以满足中国不断扩展的工业对原材料的需求。
李说，中国在全球经济衰退时依旧相对有活力，而美国却因为危机进入了一个困难的调整期，特别是中国开始发挥自己的购买力的影响之时。
他说：“随着金融危机，力量会明显倾向中国，对于我们的未来究竟意味着什么，人们有很大的担心”。他补充说：“在全球经济危机之前，中国被认为是满是机遇的地方，现在她是机遇和威胁的矛盾体”。
昆士兰大学国际安全专家安德鲁·菲利普教授说，澳大利亚长久以来就对中国有种族上的担忧——从十九世纪在采矿区反中国人的暴乱到1990年代上升的右翼人士保琳·汉森（译注：一个鼓吹"亚洲人回家去"的极端种族主义与排外主义者）。
菲利普说：“也有一些左右为难的意向被认为是对外国人的恐惧”。
“但我认为，我们需要真正关切的是，我们该和一个本质上仍是独裁的国家保持多近的距离。”他说，政府需要在与中国的合作以推动澳大利亚长久利益上要保持一种微妙的平衡，向公众保证澳大利亚不是正在被中国开
放。
菲利普说，最近泄露的陆克文想要和中国宣传部长会面的秘密没有对澳大利亚人对来自北京的官僚主义正在堪培拉施展影响的担心有什么消除。他说：“我认为这种担心的来源是观念…就是这种试图构建那种关系是以一种遮遮掩掩、不透明的方式进行的”。
张军赛（音），中国驻澳大利亚大使，在本周想要消除忧虑，表达了对于当下这种“情感语言”对争论的影响的担心。他说：“中国在澳洲的公司，不管是国有的，还是私营的，没有控制澳大利亚能源或矿产资源的意图。就像来自其他国家的公司，他们是想有个长期有保证的能源、资源的供应”。
但昆士兰科技大学经济学家马克·麦克格文说，澳大利亚人对政府在经济领域占有重要影响的国家仍然很谨慎，特别是当中国取代日本成为澳大利亚最大的贸易伙伴后。他问：“他们能在多大程度上像其他贸易国那样做”？
“他们想在经济领域有直接影响是国家构造一部分的事实会让人嗅到一些威胁的气味。国际贸易不是在那种基础上的。”
不管怎样，澳大利亚在不情愿的向蜂拥而来的北京投资关上大门，最近批准湖南华菱钢铁公司在福蒂斯丘金属集团的股权上升至17.55%。在以国家安全为由（因为在南澳洲的一个矿场在一个火箭测试地点临近）拒绝最初的交易后，它（政府）也在考虑经过修改的（中国）五矿集团对OZ矿业的收购案。
力拓收购案——中国最大的国外投资案——也在政府的审查中。
【原文】
Australians Ride Anti-China Wave: Analysts
SYDNEY: A wave of anti-China feeling in Australia over Beijing's interest in the resources sector reflects unease about the Asian giant's increasing power amid the global financial crisis, analysts said.
Chinese state-owned companies have moved to snap up debt-laden Australian resources firms in recent months, including a bid from Chinalco to invest US$19.5bn in mining giant Rio Tinto.
But the spending spree has been accompanied by allegations that China enjoys too much influence over the government in Canberra and claims that Australia is "selling the farm" to the highest bidder.
Foreign policy analyst John Lee said much of the commentary reflected "fear, paranoia and xenophobia," with the opposition accusing the Mandarin-speaking Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of acting as a "roving ambassador" for Beijing.
Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon's failure to declare two trips to China paid for by a Beijing-born businesswoman more than four years ago has ballooned into a "spy" scandal, even though the woman in question is an Australian citizen.
And even an April Fool's Day prank story suggesting a Chinese firm was seeking rights to rename the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground prompted a torrent of online complaints about "selling out" national icons to Asia.
It is a far cry from attitudes to China just six months ago, when Australia was still riding a mining boom driven by Beijing's need for raw materials to fuel its industrial expansion.
Lee said the fact that China remained relatively strong during the global downturn while recession was looming in Australia had been a difficult adjustment, particularly since Beijing started wielding its purchasing power.
"With the global financial crisis... there's clearly a shift of power closer to China and there's a bit more of a fear about what this actually means for our future," he said.
"Before the global financial crisis China was seen as opportunity, now it's both opportunity and threat," he added.
University of Queensland international security specialist Professor Andrew Philips said Australians had long expressed racial anxiety about China--from anti-Chinese riots in the goldfields in the 1800s to the rise of right-winger Pauline Hanson in the 1990s.
"There's still a degree of ambivalence there which I think is frequently mistaken for xenophobia," Phillips said.
"But I think there is a genuine concern about how close we should be aligning with what is still essentially an authoritarian state."
He said the government needed to strike a delicate balance in promoting Australia's long-term interests through greater engagement with China while assuring the public the country was not being exploited by Beijing.
The recent revelation that Rudd tried to keep a meeting with China's propaganda chief secret had done nothing to settle Australians' jitters that bureaucrats from Beijing were peddling influence in Canberra, Phillips said.
"I think where the concern comes in is the perception... that this attempt to build that relationship is somehow occurring in a secretive and non-transparent fashion," he said.
Zhang Junsai, China's ambassador to Australia, sought to ease concerns this week and expressed concerns about the "emotive language" currently driving the debate.
"Chinese companies in Australia, state-owned or private, do not seek to control Australia's energy or mineral resources," he said.
"Like companies from other countries, they seek a long-term sound and reliable supply of energy and resources."
But University of Technology Queensland economist Mark McGovern said Australians remained wary of a regime in which the state played an integral role in commercial matters, particularly since China had displaced Japan as Australia's largest trading partner.
"To what extent can you expect them to behave like other business partners would?" he asked.
"The fact that they wish to have a direct influence on commercial activities as part of their national arrangement is something that most people would find somewhat perilous. International trade is not built on that basis."
Regardless, Australia remains reluctant to shut the door on the flow of investment from Beijing, giving the green light this week to Hunan Valin Iron and Steel to increase its stake in Fortescue Metals Group to 17.55 percent.
It is also considering a revised takeover proposal from Minmetals for OZ Minerals after rejecting the initial bid on national security grounds because one of its mines in South Australia was close to a rocket testing facility.
The Rio Tinto deal--China's largest ever foreign investment--is also under government review. (AFP)
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