Australia considering to spend $30 billion on US bombers that can reach mainland China, page-15

Try to string two thoughts together.

Thought 1: We are at war with China.

Thought 2: We are no longer dependent on China.

We have no choke point for shipping. If sanity returns will be able to get our oil from the US, not the Persian Gulf.

China has nightmares about the Malacca St, that's why they are trying to build the horrendously expensive Kra Canal.