Of all the important relationships that Australia has with other countries, none has been more greatly transformed over the last 10 years than our relationship with China.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Australia will always be closer to the U.S. than she is to China because our values and political traditions are much closer.
Australia is much more liberal in accepting de facto relationships than the U.S.
China and the U.S. have a very symbiotic relationship which will not decline any time soon. There are more shared interests as compared to shared differences and for this reason relations will continue to be good.
A durable, long-term U.S.-China strategic relationship is even more important now than in previous decades. The relationship will continue to grow and prosper to the mutual benefit of all peoples.
But Australia faces additional regional and global challenges also crucial to our nation's future - climate change, questions of energy and food security, the rise of China and the rise of India. And we need a strong system of global and regional relationships and institutions to underpin stability.
What frustrates U.S. officials is that China sometimes seems more comfortable accommodating a strong United States, as it did in past decades, than partnering with an America that's less dominant.
China is a vast, disparate country; there is no alternative to strong central power.
Brazil has no future as a China with fewer people.
Before I left China, I was educated that China was the richest, happiest country in the world. So when I arrived Australia, I thought, 'Oh my God, everything is different from what I was told.' Since then, I started to think differently.
The goal of Australian foreign policy should be to promote the maximum harmony between the U.S. and China.
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