Is Australia in the firing line of a new Chinese campaign against the US?
How can Australia navigate the tough and dangerous strategic environment in Asia today with America and China competing to be the leading regional power? The consensus in Canberra - on both sides of politics - is that we should stick as close as we can to America, in the hope it will win the contest.
But the choice is not that simple. We can see why when we look at a couple of incidents on the same day in late Ma