I'm not sufficiently...across the details, including in Australia, to really comment authoritatively on how well we could or should coordinate on the forced-labour issue, other than to say that, for example, in the Australian policy debate, it probably has receded in the last few years as a headline policy issue. Certainly, there are strong voices, particularly in Parliament and across the political spectrum, who continue to be very concerned about forced labour in China and particularly for the Uyghur community.
I would say that building and maintaining more prominent cross-parliamentary collaboration and dialogue publicly would be one of the best contributions that all our countries could make to keeping this issue alive. I don't think that, in a policy sense, the Australian government is retreating on these issues. For example, I mentioned our modern slavery legislation and how effective Magnitsky laws are on the books. However, I think the Australian government has been careful to pick its battles in the way it expresses concerns openly to China. I don't think that's a sustainable situation in the long run.
I think it makes sense, for the short term, to stabilize the relationship, but as the case of Dr. Yang Hengjun has reminded us, there are going to continue to be instances where the Chinese state's affronting behaviour is going to challenge our core values and national identities. We need to be ready for that.
I think, in a way, democracies have to be patient with one another in public, but privately, they have to be working pretty frantically behind the scenes to prepare those coalitions for the next crisis.
