Originally Posted by
SaulGoodman
While I am certainly not in the “Pro-China camp” I fail to see the gain that Australia has in AUKUS.
The hardest we can hit China is by imposing trade restrictions. Presence is the South China Sea is a good idea but for that you don’t need AUKUS. “New World Order”? Its the Old World Order plus the UK and Australia.
China is Australia's major trading partner. It's complicated.