Julie, please refer to the Chinese President as President Xi. That is his surname. Jinping is his given name.

Secondly, if the Chinese don't like our carbon and mining taxes, too bad. As an Australian politician, you should be putting the interests of the Australian people first, not transferring your party's long-standing subservience to imperialist overlords to the new kid on the block.

If competition regarding the sale of miing resources is the primary concern, then *someone* is failing in their duty to be planning for a future diverse economy, which would survive a dip in productivity in one area.

Perhaps rather than pandering to special interests, *someone* should be discussing the diversification and support of a multi-stream economy?

This is an example of the government minds we are going to have?

Sure lets have a free trade agreement with China, and one with India, another with Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia.
I agree with Mike's sentiments, we need to put Australia and Australians first.
And end the forelock tugging or deference to any large foreign power, but particularly one that is still a totalitarian state, with a shameful human rights record.
If we can't sell our minerals Julie, then we should sell something else, like say energy.
We know that some metals become super conductors when very cold, and the pacific trench is a very cold place, meaning, we could run some cables to places like highly populated Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and Singapore; and sell them energy.
[Read, Thorium, cheaper than coal; and, we have tons of the stuff!]
Long after the minerals in our ground and that of Africa, are but a memory, the world will still require food and energy.
Climate change will demand massive air conditioning usage; as will metals and water recycling.
We need to focus also on utilising our water resources to maximise food production and food security!
If we have the right energy and tax policies/reform, the high tech industries will beat a path to our door and thereby guarantee our future, and high quality life styles.
We should trade with anyone who wants our products, [cash and carry,]regardless of their political or religious norms!
The next boom will be a food boom, something which we can supply indefinitely.
We have vast arid areas, which will still support super large scale algae production, and quite massive, ultra dependable, very low cost, highly profitable bio-fuel production.
And something we could still be doing and relying on, well beyond the minerals boom; and indeed, developing endlessly sustainable bio-fuel export markets, and a balance of trade, well and truly in or favour.
I'm not at all sure that there are good times ahead. Population/economic pressures, are sure to throw a cat among the pigeons?
We need to see beyond the electoral/media cycle, that has mired domestic politics in very short term-ism!
Rhrosty.

I support mike's comment. I find it surprising that the shadow foreign affairs minister seems to not understand the Chinese naming convention.

You too, Brutus?

It is natural when Julia of Labor enjoys licking the backside of that communist belligerent country, but I would not expect the same from a Liberal member.

If the Chinese do not like Australian minerals - all for the better, it will help us to become self-sufficient again.

Free Tibet!

A very, very strange article indeed. The chinese have raised the ire and resentment of African nationals by being rude, arrogant and economic colonists. Their 'investment' in Africa is simply a euphemism for rape and pillage missions, which is how they operate. It is natural that the locals have retaliated the way they have. Does Julie seriously believe that chinese 'investment' (ownership before they even leave our shores) in Australian minerals would be any different? It does not matter which party is in power in Australia as both will pander to the 'Middle Kingdom', where dog is high on the menu and a savagely beaten dog even more so. If we had any morality at all we would have as little to do with them as possible.