NEWS.com.au | Friendship with US, China at risk NEWS.com.au TONY ABBOTT had a problem when United States assistant defence secretary David Shear last week announced, from Washington, that America would base B1 nuclear strike bombers in Australia to counter China's aggression in the South and East China ... Chinese: US bombers could be 'a step too far' for Australia-China relationship' A bet each way: our China policy is rational Sino-US rivalry puts us in a bind |