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Australia Feels Chill as China’s Shadow Grows
nytimes ^ | June 2, 2009 | By MICHAEL WINES

Posted on 06/03/2009 2:30:40 PM PDT by Flavius

If outlanders tend to associate Australia with kangaroos, broad-brim leather hats and an opera house, many Australians are different. They think of iron ore and bauxite, copper and coal, nickel, gold and uranium, a trove of mineral riches that is their nation’s birthright and the bedrock of its prosperity.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: armament
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1 posted on 06/03/2009 2:30:40 PM PDT by Flavius
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To: Flavius

To China, Australia looks like an empty continent full of commodities it needs, plus fishing rights etc.

A handful of Aussies? No more than the Indians before Plymouth Rock.


2 posted on 06/03/2009 2:32:50 PM PDT by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: Flavius
Rudd seems increasingly like a disaster...one with a childish ego too. I wasn't aware of "a slow American fade in the Pacific" however, as the article mentions.
3 posted on 06/03/2009 2:38:03 PM PDT by americanophile
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To: Travis McGee

realistically the only thing Aussies can hope for is a nuclear deterrent

that’s all


4 posted on 06/03/2009 2:40:01 PM PDT by Flavius
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To: Travis McGee

“Siberia” is all of that, and doesn’t require a boat ride.


5 posted on 06/03/2009 2:42:05 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: americanophile
We're still around:


6 posted on 06/03/2009 2:42:16 PM PDT by americanophile
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To: Travis McGee

That is the nature of conquest. Countries take over countries.

If Australia will not arm and equip itself then they will go into the dust bin of history as well, just as the aboriginals who were there before.


7 posted on 06/03/2009 2:51:24 PM PDT by BGHater (It's easy to be a Conservative now.)
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To: BGHater

Sadly true. Ditto the Kiwis, etc.


8 posted on 06/03/2009 4:19:12 PM PDT by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: DuncanWaring

Don’t forget Africa. There are plenty of CHinese to go around.


9 posted on 06/03/2009 4:19:39 PM PDT by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: Flavius
I've always found the Auzzies to be good ol blokes. And this rancor hasn't changed that view. I'm starting to realize, these sorts of reactions is a cross the Chinese have to bear as their global reach slowly becomes commensurate with an industrialized nation of nearly 1.4 billion people. There will be at least another 20 years of this sort of tension as China has not reached her pinnacle yet.
10 posted on 06/05/2009 11:13:40 AM PDT by ponder life
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To: americanophile
Rudd seems increasingly like a disaster...one with a childish ego too.

I'm at a lost on why you would use the word "ego" to describe Rudd? If anything, I would think he is a humble man attempting to do what is right for his country and its relations in world affairs.

11 posted on 06/05/2009 11:20:59 AM PDT by ponder life
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To: ponder life
Because everything I know about Kevin Rudd is not from this article. Here's why I used the term 'ego':

http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-national/rudd-a-pig-over-plane-food-hissy-fit-20090416-a85z.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/5295572/Australian-PM-Kevin-Rudd-threw-a-wobbly-over-hairdryer.html

12 posted on 06/05/2009 3:45:34 PM PDT by americanophile
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To: americanophile
Speaking on Fairfax radio, he said the allegations were "absolutely ridiculous and absolutely false" and designed to draw attention away from the poor performance of his political rivals.

We all know that media can slander a persons name. I believe him when he says the allegations are false.

13 posted on 06/05/2009 6:22:41 PM PDT by ponder life
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