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1304th Ordinary General Meeting and Open Lecture of the Royal Society of NSW — 6 July 2022
“This is going to be different: Learning to live with Chinese Power”
Emeritus Professor Hugh White AO FASSA
Emeritus Professor of Strategic Studies, Australian National University
Timing Marks:
00:00:00 Introduction to the Speaker: Ms Judith Wheeldon AM FRSN, Vice-President, Royal Society of NSW
00:03:52 Presentation: Emeritus Professor Hugh White AO FASSA
01:02:10 Q&A Session and Vote of Thanks: moderated by Emeritus Professor Christina Slade FRSN, Chair, Program Committee, Royal Society of NSW
Summary: China's rise drives the most consequential shift in Australia's international environment since European settlement. So far we are in denial about this, hoping that a reassertion of American supremacy will contain China's power and preserve the old US-led regional order which has served us so well. But what are the chances of those hopes being realised, and what can we do if they are dashed? How does Australia make its way in an Asia no longer dominated by our Great and Powerful Friends? How we answer that question will do much to define us as a nation.
1304th Ordinary General Meeting and Open Lecture of the Royal Society of NSW — 6 July 2022
“This is going to be different: Learning to live with Chinese Power”
Emeritus Professor Hugh White AO FASSA
Emeritus Professor of Strategic Studies, Australian National University
Timing Marks:
00:00:00 Introduction to the Speaker: Ms Judith Wheeldon AM FRSN, Vice-President, Royal Society of NSW
00:03:52 Presentation: Emeritus Professor Hugh White AO FASSA
01:02:10 Q&A Session and Vote of Thanks: moderated by Emeritus Professor Christina Slade FRSN, Chair, Program Committee, Royal Society of NSW
Summary: China's rise drives the most consequential shift in Australia's international environment since European settlement. So far we are in denial about this, hoping that a reassertion of American supremacy will contain China's power and preserve the old US-led regional order which has served us so well. But what are the chances of those hopes being realised, and what can we do if they are dashed? How does Australia make its way in an Asia no longer dominated by our Great and Powerful Friends? How we answer that question will do much to define us as a nation.
