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China objects to US-Australia military ties May 15th 2012, 10:16 Hardly surprising. I doubt it will make any difference in the near future. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-18068204 Quote: China has raised concerns over growing military ties between Australia and the US, Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr said as he visited Beijing. Chinese officials had told him that "the time for Cold War alliances has long since passed", he told reporters. The US has recently started rotating troops through bases in Australia... ...China is a major trading partner for Australia and about a quarter of all Australian exports now go to China. But Australia's key security partnership is with the US. Last month the first contingent of some US marines to be stationed in Darwin arrived; the US will eventually deploy a 2,500-strong force in northern Australia by 2017... ...Australia's view, he said, was that the US presence in the Asia-Pacific region had helped underpin stability. But he stressed that both Beijing and Canberra would like to see more co-operation in defence.

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