Seriously, our two big-boy best friends have always been China and the US. Now tensions are really coming to a head we're going to side with the failed state of the US? I don't understand anything about foreign policy.
Seriously, our two big-boy best friends have always been China and the US. Now tensions are really coming to a head we're going to side with the failed state of the US? I don't understand anything about foreign policy.
There's more nuanced answers in this thread but...
Australia is super fucking racist, especially against the Chinese immigrant population there, rich or poor.
Australia is America's puppet state, not just because of Five Eyes etc but also because when an Australian government tried to pull back from being basically a US military base and close the infamous Pine Gap in 1975 the CIA helped the opposition literally do a political coup to get rid of them.
Damn straight on point two. Some real fine reading about it here for anyone who might not know.
Yeah, that's an excellent little rundown and well worth a read for people who are interested.