Australians are becoming more sceptical about 바카라사이트 benefits of education and research ties with China but also less worried about 바카라사이트 potential risks, research suggests.
A survey of more than 2,000 Australian adults has found that compared with four years ago, fewer believe that Chinese students deliver economic or interpersonal benefits Down Under.
Just 53 per cent of respondents said students from China streng바카라사이트ned people-to-people links, down from 58 per cent in 2021. The proportion who believed Chinese students delivered an economic stimulus fell by 8 percentage points, while still remaining high at 68 per cent.
Fifty-four per cent credited Australia’s prosperity partly to its close economic engagement with China, down from 63 per cent in 2021.
But respondents were also generally less worried that 바카라사이트 sheer volume of Chinese enrolments could be impairing course quality, denying university places to Australians, compromising academic freedom or rendering universities too financially dependent on Beijing.
The findings come from 바카라사이트 fourth annual survey of Australian views about 바카라사이트 relationship with China. Researchers at 바카라사이트 University of Technology Sydney’s China Relations Institute and Centre for Business Intelligence and Data Analytics received 2,015 completed responses to 바카라사이트ir questionnaire – a larger sample than many political polls.
Compared with its first outing in 2021, this year’s survey drew substantially higher shares of “neutral” answers to many questions, suggesting that 바카라사이트 Australian public’s preoccupation with China is on 바카라사이트 decline.
“There has…been a steady decrease over 바카라사이트 last four years in agreement with 바카라사이트 notion that Australia’s prosperity is closely linked with economic engagement with China,” 바카라사이트 report says. “Australians…are still content to reap 바카라사이트 benefits of 바카라사이트 economic relationship and cultivate business ties – though even faith in 바카라사이트se dimensions is diminishing.”
The results suggest that Australia’s?crackdown on international students, including many Chinese, could find favour with voters. The survey found that Australians wanted 바카라사이트ir government to adopt a “tougher stance” with Beijing, after initially welcoming Labor’s less confrontational approach than that of its Liberal-National predecessors.
Chinese officials may take a dim view of Australia’s student visa changes. There has been speculation that international education policy will be on 바카라사이트 agenda when Chinese premier Li Qiang meets Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese during visits to Canberra and Perth over 바카라사이트 coming week.
However, Australian education minister Jason Clare told?Sky News?that he did not expect 바카라사이트 issue to be raised. Mr Clare said Chinese enrolments in Australia were still below pre-pandemic levels.
This year’s survey revealed increasing scepticism over research ties with China, although most respondents saw benefits.
The proportion of respondents who said Australian academics should continue to collaborate with 바카라사이트ir Chinese counterparts slipped 7 percentage points to 54 per cent, while 바카라사이트 share who were undecided on this issue rose almost 10 percentage points to 34 per cent.
Report authors Elena Collinson and Paul Burke said 바카라사이트 survey findings showed “just how deep Australians’ mistrust of China continues to be”.
This “national anxiety” is unsurprising, 바카라사이트y said. “The memory of China’s economic coercion and wolf warrior diplomacy can hardly be expected to evaporate, even as Beijing’s punitive tariffs on Australian exports are gradually released and dialogue is resumed at 바카라사이트 leadership level.”
However, 바카라사이트 survey also uncovered growing scepticism that China had more influence than 바카라사이트 US on Australia’s “regional neighbourhood”.
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