Former prime minister timothy keating says China will overtake the United States as the world’s largest economy and the world will need to accept that. Mr Keating spoke on Monday at a strategic BBS hosted by the Australian in Sydney about how he thinks relations with China should be handled.
“President trump’s big fear is that China will overtake the United States economically and technologically,” Mr. Keating said. Economically, of course, because demography, it’s that simple. Technology is another thing.” This is very important for the world and Australia. The United States has to accept that war on the Asian continent cannot be won and that the shape of Asia cannot be shaped by a non-asian power. Promoting economic and strategic cooperation among Asian powers is the key to stability in Asia, without strategic blockades or military arrangements.”
He said regional cooperation structures should be created so that China has “room to participate and not to dominate.” “If the us concludes that China’s rise is not in line with its strategic interests, then Australia needs to actively participate in the development of this structure and be wary of being held back by us policies,” he said. “Mr. Keating expressed concern that the Australian government, the Australian national security agency and the media were involved in the attacks. “The nuance and flexibility of foreign policy is being replaced by the fear of a bunch of national security agencies that actually run Australia’s foreign policy,” he said. And the media has their hands full.”
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