Australia is a lot more stable than the middle east,then I add in China’s new thirst for petroleum. Next I stir in a much shorter shipping route to China. To my mind that makes Australia’s oil a very tempting morsel for China over the next century.
“...To my mind that makes Australia’s oil a very tempting morsel for China over the next century.”
Exactly what I was thinking.
It's right at their fingertips in the South China Sea........