SHI YU/CHINA DAILY In 1972, Gough Whitlam led the Labor Party to a historic election landslide and, in December that year, established diplomatic relations with China. In the 50 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, Australia's economy has benefited enormously from the economic rise of China. Bilateral relations were progressing smoothly until 2011, when then US president Barack Obama visited Australia and announced his "pivot to Asia" policy, signalling the future and current turbulence in Sino-Australian relations. When Australia's Liberal Party coalition returned to power in 2013, China's economic growth rate had begun to moderate. This prompted the Liberal...