Re:China hacked Norway's Visma to steal client secrets
by rbg246 on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @08:54PM
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Australia is part of ANZUS, which means if China attacked Australia, the US would be obligated to intervene
Re:China hacked Norway's Visma to steal client secrets
by Gustomaximus on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @09:45PM
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Obliged by ANZUS, but would they really?
I feel in the past countries would stick to their commitment for the bigger picture. Now, not so sure. I wonder if they would weigh pros and cons and decide to withdraw or not.
Re:China hacked Norway's Visma to steal client secrets
by rbg246 on Thursday February 07, 2019 @03:49AM
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If it aligned with their national interests, yes and generally US and Australian interests do align
Re:China hacked Norway's Visma to steal client secrets
by simula67 on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @09:49PM
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That link says that the treaty is non-binding
Re:China hacked Norway's Visma to steal client secrets
by thisgoodlife on Thursday February 07, 2019 @05:15AM
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Trump would ask Australia to pay for the intervention.
Things like this is the point of the EU, not creating swaths of regulations about how much or little banannas can be bent.
A place like Australia (alone) could never stand up to China. They would be too willing to make an example of a small country that crosses them. China trade comes with huge amounts of political pride and convenience. Even if Australia joined forces with a larger block we risk being g made an example of like that general saying he would sink an Australian ship to send a message to the US.