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Styles and settings barely begin the contrasts between Roger Staubach and Joe Namath, new Hall of Fame quarterbacks from the Naval Academy and Alabama, Dallas and New York City. During the late '60s and early '70s, they were on the opposite ends of every spectrum. In a Fu Manchu mustache, Namath played Elvis Presley to Staubach's Pat Boone. But they came to be stuffed and mounted together and cried along with Simpson during the inductions at Canton, Ohio. As Namath searched the sky for a hangdog man in a houndstooth hat, the late Alabama coach Bear Bryant, he also...
...countries have been been growing closer for some three decades, since Australia gave diplomatic recognition to the communist People's Republic in 1972. China's growth and reform have continued with barely a blip since 1978. But trade and the movement of people go back a lot further, as Fu Ying, China's Ambassador to Australia, notes. "The history, habits and nature of our peoples have laid the foundations for the extension of relations," she says. "We are able to understand each other...
...Since 1996, Howard's practical diplomacy - focused on deals, dialog and trade - has been well received by Beijing. "The comfort level is rising," says Ambassador Fu. Howard speaks of a "partnership for prosperity" between the two countries. "When we think about the future of Australia in the world, we inevitably think of a world where China will play a much larger role," he said last month, in an address to Sydney's Lowy Institute for International Policy. "China's economic dynamism is something we feel palpably in this country." In the 1840s, thousands of Chinese indentured laborers and free settlers...
...negotiations, Chinese buyers settled for a 71.5% price increase (BHP Billiton, fresh from securing a 25-year supply contract, had sought to double its price via a rise in the freight rate it charges mills). Chinese officials say supply bottlenecks are to blame for the price hikes. Ambassador Fu has raised the issue with Australian officials. "There is strong investment in the minerals field, but not enough to meet demand," she says. "The price is rising faster than the (Chinese) side can cope with." But Australia's government won't be intervening. "China aspires to be recognized as a market...
...them than before, while Canberra's friendship with Washington gives it "gravitas" in the region. "As China's economic power has grown," Downer says, "it has looked around to see who matters around here, and Australia has been one of the countries it has particularly focused on." Ambassador Fu not only agrees with Downer that the relationship between their two countries is better than ever, she uses the same phrases to explain why. "We do not see each other as a threat," she says. "There are no strategic obstacles in our relations. We are able to understand each other...