Salute Bob Hawke

Comments on Bob Hawke “Looking back on China’s relations with Australia”, 27/09/2009, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2009/09/27/looking-back-on-chinas-relations-with-australia/

Prime Minister Hawke is a great Australian statesman and is loved in both Australians and the Chinese.

Yes, to lift poor people from poverty is one of the greatest of human rights issues and the world should recognise it.

Although there are natural bonds in the relationship between Australia and China, it is the successive outstanding leaderships of the two countries, including Hawke, who have greatly strengthened those bonds.

There is a saying in Chinese that never forget those who dug the well when one drinks the water from it. Those who have contributed to Sino-Australia relations will always be remembered.

Look forward, stronger Sino-Australia relations will benefit the two nations and the region as well as the world even more.

Let’s all try to make a contribution to it.