Cold comfort: new Australia-U.S. security pact causes waves

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A security pact between Australia and the US may reassure Canberra's regional allies but many experts there doubt its value for their own country, which has a long-standing policy of self-reliance. The pact, signed at ministerial talks in late July 1996, calls for regular joint military exercises, a permanent logistics support team, and upgrades in the US spy systems at Pine Gap. Some scholars contend Australia is too small to develop the new technologies for missile defense warfare, but others say it should avoid others' fights.

United States, International aspects, United States foreign relations, National security, Australian foreign relations

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Work hard, make money: Australians ponder the success of overseas Chinese

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A study assembled by Australia's East Asia Analytic Unit examines the nature of the economic success of the Overseas Chinese and suggests how others can emulate them and tap into their networks. The study, Overseas Chinese Business Networks in Asia, notes that ethnic Chinese often dominate the private, non-land capital of countries where they are a small share of the population. It attributes their success to thrift, hard work, and an emphasis on education as a portable investment.

Reports, Chinese (Asian people), Chinese in foreign countries, Chinese in Australia, Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

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