It is difficult to understand why Senator James Patterson and “dewy eyed” Defence Minister Richard Marles think of China as part of a threat environment. There is a remarkable agreement between these two defence mavens from the opposite sides of politics that has a common source.
Beyond US hegemony: creating a visceral fear of China By Daryl Guppy
Our understanding of the darker foundations of US thinking about the US-China relationship is obscured by the public utterances of presidents, politicians and public policy commentators. This is the froth and bubble of policy, but it does little to reveal the foundations of this visceral fear of China.