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The Clinton-Key Encounter and The Elephant in the Room. 5 November 2010
Date: 2010
From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0015989
Description: Prime Minister John Key and American Secretary of State Hilary Clinton sit facing one another across a table as an enormous dragon representing China rears up behind them. The title reads 'The Clinton-Key encounter and the elephant in the room'. The encounter took place when Hilary Clinton visited New Zealand in early November; the two signed the 'Wellington Declaration that 'formalises a new strategic partnership between the two countries, commits to regular meetings at foreign minister level, working together on trade and holding annual military talks'. Refers on the one hand to the free trade deals that are so important to New Zealand and that, thanks to a trading partnership signed in 2008, means that New Zealand now sells to China in seven hours what it used to sell in all of 1972. Refers on the other hand to the sovereignty disputes over the Spratly and Paracel island chains, which are potentially rich in natural resources, have pitted China against some of its neighbors, including Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines. Clinton said the United States and every other nation "has a national interest in freedom of navigation, open access to Asia's maritime commons, and respect for international law in the South China Sea," which contains some of the busiest commercial sea lanes in the world and so she says the Obama administration wants claimants to pursue their disputes in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea rather than through coercion. (America.gov - 23 July 2010) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"What can I get for 49 cents, two buttons and a marble?" 2 November 2010
Date: 2010
From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0015977
Description: Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully offers 49 cents, two buttons and a marble to the owner of a 'Military Fireworks' shop and asks what he can get. The owner is outraged. Refers to the signing between PM John Key and US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton on the occasion of her November visit to New Zealand of the 'Wellington Declaration' that 'formalises a new strategic partnership between the two countries, commits to regular meetings at foreign minister level, working together on trade and holding annual military talks'.Mr McCully told Morning Report there have always been limitations on interactions because of New Zealand's nuclear free legislation."It means that while Australia and the United States have an alliance, we don't have one, and we had to try and find a new, positive way of expressing a partnership that wasn't an alliance." (Radio New Zealand News - 5 November 2010) Refers also to the news that the Defence Force is to be overhauled in a radical plan that will see military bases consolidated and current spending trimmed by up to $400 million a year to help fund big ticket purchases. A government White Paper said today the outcome would be a "smaller, modernised and upgraded defence estate", in which private sector financing and expertise might be used for some functions. (Stuff 2 November 2010) Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).