Are economists such Professor Golley alert to a possibility of Berlinian incommensurability between values in the Xi Jinping era- between prosperity, as it is defined by China-dependent trade, and liberal freedoms and sovereignty? I suspect not...1/ https://www.news.com.au/technology/australias-act-that-sparked-feud-trade-war-and-twitter-row-with-china/news-story/6db3d3052326205958531b2b07bb5815

Right now we feel compelled under geopolitical pressure to compare and rank values that we ordinarily do not think should be compared and ranked. Golley appears to think the gap can be finessed; we can retain our right to "speak out", our sovereignty, but first Australia must 2/

extend an "olive branch". But for CCP, a genuine peace offering must include capitulations on just those values of liberty to speak out, and sovereignty, inimical to human rights, even to our sovereign power to protect those dissidents who come to Australia 3/

seeking protection. Golley and others like her are downplaying the agonizing choices Australia faces, and the depth of sacrifice China expects to restore the trade and diplomatic status quo (if it can be restored)/End