What is lost Australia?

A car accident occurred in Melbourne, Australia's second largest city, on 2 1 afternoon. A white sport utility vehicle SUV continuously injured at least 14 people in the central business district of the city, and two men involved were arrested. That night, the police confirmed that this was a "deliberate act." The driver is an Australian from Afghanistan. He was put on file by the police for mental problems and drug abuse. There is no evidence that this incident is a terrorist attack.

A similar car accident occurred in June 5438+10 this year, resulting in 6 deaths and 30 injuries. In addition, in June this year, 5438+065438+ 10, Australia announced that it had foiled a terrorist plot, and a 20-year-old man who was arrested was considered to be related to the "Islamic State".

This kind of news is mixed with intense information in Australia's political and social governance, which increases many people's sense of vacillation about this country.

2 1 is also the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Australia. Probably because of the recent unpleasantness between the two countries, the China Embassy in Australia was "quiet" this day. In Beijing, the Australian Embassy held a lively celebration, but the enthusiasm of the Australian Embassy was not in harmony with Australian Prime Minister Turnbull's recent repeated accusations against China.

Australia is a bit chaotic. This is a typical immigrant country, but recently the attitude towards new immigrants is getting worse and worse. European and American countries have a strong sense of cultural distance from Australia, but it always has a pretentious sense of mission and likes to highlight its western attributes when facing Asia. China is its biggest trading partner, but it seems that its vigilance and antipathy towards China is the heaviest. It is generally believed that the land is vast and sparsely populated, and it is orderly. However, there are frequent incidents in which cars deliberately hit people in the street, and immigrants are frequently beaten.

It's probably not that outsiders don't know who Australia is, but that Australians themselves don't know where to go. The information from Australia is divided. Not only do the voices of different camps clash fiercely, but what the same prime minister or the same foreign minister said before and after is often contradictory.

Australia often calls itself an "Asian country" and likes to get involved in Asian affairs. But its political attitude towards Asia is "highly Americanized". Australia followed the hegemonic countries most actively, and followed Britain before World War II. After World War II, only the United States followed closely. Originally it had nothing to do with the disputes in the Middle East, but now many Muslims in the Middle East hate it, which also makes many Australians feel uneasy.

Oceania is not only "far away" from Eurasia, America and Africa, but also can be regarded as the "middle" of several continents. This enables Australia to get rid of various conflicts and take advantage of the cooperation between friends from the North and the South. But being caught in the middle is like tearing Australia in half. What do we do? How do we achieve it through geo-arbitrage? Canberra has tossed coins again and again, but it is still suffering losses and changes.

For China people, in recent years, we have felt the "dog diplomacy" from Canberra: the origin of changelessness, unprincipled and even selfishness is jumping around. Originally, China-Australia relations should be the easiest, because the two countries have no historical burdens and are far apart. This is called "far friendship". But now, China-China relations have become one of the most "tired" and "annoying" foreign exchanges.