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Originally Posted by ShadoWarrior
That's actually a false choice. In any Sino-American war there would be an economic blockade of China. If Australia tried to sit it out as a 'neutral', and continue to supply war-critical materials to China, Australia would be subjected to the effects of the blockade. In effect, Australia would become at war with the US. That's not a situation that I think anyone down under would choose.
Plus, after a crashed global economy, Australia couldn't expect to escape economically unscathed even if she somehow miraculously avoided anything bad happening to her from choosing the wrong (Chinese) side. 
Any Sino-American war would be very bad for the whole world, and especially catastrophic for all Pacific Rim nations. |
How is China the "wrong" side exactly?
There are allot of assumptions in play here, the biggest (and oldest) is that America are the good guys and people should always take their side.
America is on the way out, her economy is shot and she is being bled white by stupid conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. China is an up and coming power that is playing the empire game the same way the British used to, they are buying their empire. Look at their interests in Africa, they are following the classic british model for economic domination.
If things go hot it would be better for nations in the pacific area to either openly side with China or to quietly side with them.