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Red Zone

China's Challenge and Australia's Future

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Red Zone

By: Peter Hartcher
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Drawing on interviews with Scott Morrison, Malcolm Turnbull and a rare interview with Australia’s spy chief, Red Zone is a gripping look at China’s power and Australia’s future.

How Australia woke up to China’s challenge - and what comes next. What does China want from Australia?

In this incisive audiobook, Peter Hartcher reveals how decades of economic dependence left Australia open to the strategic ambitions of the most successful authoritarian regime in modern history. He shows how ideology, paranoia and Xi Jinping’s personal story have reshaped China and shines new light on Beijing’s overt and covert campaign for influence - over trade and defence, media and politics.

Australia has now woken up to China’s challenge, from passing foreign interference laws to banning Huawei from our 5G network. But at what cost? Will we see a further slump in relations? How best to protect our security, economy and identity?

©2021 Peter Hartcher. Recorded by arrangement with Black Inc (P)2022 Bolinda Publishing Australia & Oceania Oceania Politics & Government World China

Critic Reviews

"Australia is on the front lines of the global struggle between China and the West over democratic values, and Peter Hartcher, one of the country's foremost journalists, presents a clear-eyed and utterly frightening account of the challenge we face. Highly recommended." (Francis Fukuyama, author of The Great Disruption)

"Hartcher’s clear-eyed analysis of the Australia-China relationship is as keen as it is unsettling." (Malcolm Turnbull, former prime minister of Australia)

"Hartcher's analysis of Australia's place in the world is sharp and tenacious. He continues to make an outsized contribution to our democracy." (Penny Wong)

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Highly recommend to anyone interested in political science/ international relations. Also contains lots of good references for anyone interested in exploring further.

Great overview of the changing relationship

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A thorough and comprehensive look at Australia's relationship with China and the concerns with what may happen in the future. I think all of Australia's politicians should read this book.

well worth the read

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Insightful and highly cogent. Fascinating to listen to and something every Australian, especially politicians, should be aware of

Brilliant

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A very important read for all Australians.
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A very important read.

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really good. non partisan, honest and brave. great work Peter, thank you for saying what needs to be said.

brilliant

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This work is brilliant.
I was excited, thrilled and depressed. Australia has done well in its people based campaign of “Buy Australia”… (not Chinese) But much more needs to be done to wake the Australian population.
Lately a pod cast roused interest and support for a cold criminal case. We need the Chinese subversive and overt behaviour awareness placed in front of us daily.
Australians do love and appreciate the wonderful Chinese citizens we hold in residence but we hate the Chinese political actions in its work against so many of the worlds peoples.
This book opens and lays the topic out for examination without political comment.
Wake up Australia!
We need democracy to advance and give the world’s free nations support against world egotistical bullies!
This book should set you on fire. Well done Peter. May there be many more works in your hand on this vital subject.

Wake up Australia!

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Frightening and enlightening, we truly face some challenges in Australia . China is truly a threat not only to Australia but also to the world. Time to take action

Very entertaining

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Thorough research, plain facts, and great delivery by the author . Thankyou Peter Hartcher for this excellent contribution. It increased my understanding of some of the China Phenomenon.

Excellent!

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Well researched, thorough and convincing. And rather sobering. The CCP is an existential threat to Australia.

Every Australian should read this

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A must listen for anyone interested in the future of Australia and an enrichment of democratic values and institutions.

Confronting and Revealing

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