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Clive Hamilton and Mareike Ohlberg argue that 'race-reductionism' should not be used to assess the significance of China's rise. In light of the growing debate over how to understand the rise of China and its implications for Australia, Green Left is hosting a debate on this important issue. We initiated this discussion after receiving responses (here and here) to a Socialist Alliance resolution on this topic. Below, we are publishing a piece submitted by Clive Hamilton and will be posting responses in coming days. The views expressed in these articles are the author’s own and do not refl...

historian of Xinjiang, I  talk on the crisis there regularly, and my  forthcoming book engages much more seriously with the repression in Xinjiang and Hong Kong than either of his two works. Hamilton might not be a racist bigot, but I have always held that his exaggerated “silent invasion” narrative was likely to generate suspicion and racist hostility towards Chinese Australians. His paranoia, let us remember, extends as far as  A rise in anti-Chinese racism has  now come to pass, and Hamilton wants to duck any accountability for his role. As he sees it, this has been “triggered...