BBC News: “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.
On Monday Mr Carr met counterpart Yang Jiechi. He is also due to meet Vice Premier Li Keqiang to discuss a China-Australia free trade deal. 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.”
via BBC News – Carr: China concerned by Australia-US military ties.
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