{"id":8789,"date":"2021-12-03T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=8789"},"modified":"2021-12-02T16:37:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T06:37:45","slug":"australias-scrapping-of-antarctic-aerodrome-could-pave-the-runway-for-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/australias-scrapping-of-antarctic-aerodrome-could-pave-the-runway-for-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s scrapping of Antarctic aerodrome could pave the runway for China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ELIZABETH BUCHANAN  |  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While environmentalists have welcomed the Australian government\u2019s decision to abandon the Davis aerodrome project in Antarctica, China is likely now drafting its own year-round aviation plans for the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canberra had already completed much of the required environmental impact work and articulated its ambition to build the continent\u2019s first paved runway to facilitate unfettered aviation access to Antarctica. As a self-appointed Antarctic Treaty System environmental \u2018leader\u2019, Australia has now shown that it\u2019s entirely permissible to plan, plot and develop a concrete runway to bolster Antarctic logistical capabilities and access. While Australia ultimately abandoned the plan, a precedent has been set. Any future unease stemming from Chinese action along the same lines, let alone on the same ground, could be painted as a double standard, and Beijing knows it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Please click here to read the full &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.org.au\/australias-scrapping-of-antarctic-aerodrome-could-pave-the-runway-for-china\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Weekly%20The%20Strategist&amp;utm_content=Weekly%20The%20Strategist+CID_da919a90bea6ed46c9da5a6b630e30cd&amp;utm_source=CampaignMonitor&amp;utm_term=Australias%20scrapping%20of%20Antarctic%20aerodrome%20could%20pave%20the%20runway%20for%20China\">Australia\u2019s scrapping of Antarctic aerodrome could pave the runway for China<\/a>&#8221; article published at The Strategist, written by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.griffith.edu.au\/asia-institute\">Griffith Asia Institute<\/a> Adjunct Fellow, Dr Elizabeth Buchanan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ELIZABETH BUCHANAN | While environmentalists have welcomed the Australian government\u2019s decision to abandon the Davis aerodrome project in Antarctica, China is likely now drafting its own year-round aviation plans for the site. 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