Pick your godfather ... Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang during a meeting in Beijing yesterday. Photo: Reuters
China Voices Concern Over Australian-US Military Ties -- Voice of America
SYDNEY - China has criticized Australia’s plans to increase the number of U.S. military personnel stationed in the Northern Territory. Australia is hosting the troops as part of the Obama administration's strategic shift toward the Asia-Pacific. Beijing says Canberra is revisiting Cold War alliances as Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr makes his first visit to China.
Canberra has insisted that China has nothing to fear over the presence of 2,500 U.S. Marines in Australia’s Northern Territory by 2017. But the issue has dominated Carr’s first visit to Beijing. He has held talks with his Chinese counterpart, Yang Jiechi, and Lieutenant General Wei Fenghe, the deputy chief of the general staff.
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Chinese anger at US base in Australia -- The Telegraph
Cold War warning as China hits out at defence co-operation with US -- Sydney Morning Herald
Chinese official: it's us or America -- Voice of America
Canberra 'must pick strategic godfather' -- Sydney Morning Herald
Canberra has insisted that China has nothing to fear over the presence of 2,500 U.S. Marines in Australia’s Northern Territory by 2017. But the issue has dominated Carr’s first visit to Beijing. He has held talks with his Chinese counterpart, Yang Jiechi, and Lieutenant General Wei Fenghe, the deputy chief of the general staff.
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More News On China's Critical Response To Growing U.S. - Australian Military Ties
Chinese anger at US base in Australia -- The Telegraph
Cold War warning as China hits out at defence co-operation with US -- Sydney Morning Herald
Chinese official: it's us or America -- Voice of America
Canberra 'must pick strategic godfather' -- Sydney Morning Herald
More News On China's Critical Response To Growing U.S. - Australian Military Ties
Chinese anger at US base in Australia -- The Telegraph
Cold War warning as China hits out at defence co-operation with US -- Sydney Morning Herald
Chinese official: it's us or America -- Voice of America
Canberra 'must pick strategic godfather' -- Sydney Morning Herald
Australian FM China talks dominated by US military ties -- AFP
Carr: China concerned by Australia-US military ties -- BBC
Carr defends military ties with US -- SKY News
Australia Says China Has Nothing to Fear Over Its Military Ties with US -- Voice of America
China drops a hint about a Pacific cold war -- The Age editorial