China and the Australia-U.S. Relationship

2014/03/01 by Colin Mackerras
Social Sciences · #Australian History and Society

paper · pdf · doi:10.1525/as.2014.54.2.223

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Abstract

This paper analyzes China’s impact on Australia-U.S. relations from 1949 to 1996, including how far Australia’s China policy followed the American lead. The conclusion: American influence was dominant, but Australia’s own initiative was enough to belie the suggestion that it was no more than a blind follower.

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