There must be some poignancy for Robert in his rejection of two projects researching China. It was only five minutes ago his poor understanding of what our relationship with China should look like got him into hot water. Malcolm Turnbull ditched him from the ministry after Robert made a “private” trip to Beijing to oversee a. That looked like self-interest so he had to go.
Now as Australia’s relationship with China is perilously bad, Robert decides Australians don’t need research that might make it better. I can’t imagine why you would not want to know more about one of the rejected grants: China stories under Xi Jinping: popular narratives. It might help ourAll these six grants were judged worthy by the experts and dismissed by the inexpert with an MBA. One in particular shows just how out of touch this government is with young people.