Australian-Asian relations Free Essay, Term Paper and Book Report
Change in Australia
At the end of the Vietnam War it would have been easy for Australia to retreat into a policy of isolating itself further from Asia. The old perception of Australia as an essentially European country (rather than a Pacific one), could have reasserted itself in the face of defeat in Vietnam. Instead, the period of change initiated by the new Labor government under E. G. (Gough) Whitlam took hold in foreign policy as well as domestic. Just a fortnight after being elected on 2 December 1972, Whitlam had officially recognised the communist government of the People's Republic of China and opened up diplomatic relations, as well trading and cultural links. Within a year, Australia had reopened its embassy in Beijing which had been closed in protest in 1949 when the communist government took power. See image 1
Whitlam was determined that in the future, Australian foreign policy would be Australian and not dependent on Britain or America. For years, the racially-charged mistrust of Australia had prevented interaction in its own region. Whitlam wanted to change that. H......
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