There is something obsessive about the way our leaders keep saying that Australia does not have to choose between America and China. Julia Gillard says it almost every time she talks about foreign policy. Bob Carr and Stephen Smith cling to it. It's woven into the government's Asian Century white paper and National Security Statement.
我们的领袖们在说一些事情的时候会带有强迫性，即澳大利亚并不一定要在美国和中国之间做出选择。朱丽亚吉拉德说，几乎每一次她谈到外交政策。卡尔和史蒂芬史密斯就会抓住它不放。它被编入了政府的Asian Century白皮书和国家安全声明。

Hugh White is professor of strategic studies at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU.

作者Hugh White， 澳大利亚国立大学战略与防御研究中心战略学教授
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考虑到美国在澳大利亚北部的驻军，只有很少的人和几架飞机，我觉得更多的是象征意义，象征狗链子。所以到底澳大利亚的经济形势还是存在风险的，并不完全会是中国好澳大利亚就会好。