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...working with the Graduate School of Design’s administration to help them make their buildings more secure,” said Catalano. “We work in coordination and partnership with the school, but we can’t mandate any security measures...
...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...
...country's intellectuals, style queens, foodies and hucksters, however, China is the new black. Every other day, a new research partnership or joint venture is announced, or a delegation heads to Beijing or Shanghai. Chinese supermarkets, traditional medicine, tai chi and feng shui have hit the suburbs, and moviegoers are broadening their taste beyond Hong Kong's martial-arts kickfests. A Tianjin-born property billionaire whose projects have reshaped Sydney is inspired by Shanghai's buildings (fewer columns, more concrete, less steel). Australia has had such infatuations in the past. First it was Britain, then the U.S. and Japan...
...Tinto has been selling iron ore to China for three decades. It has vast interests in the Pilbara, including nine mines and three ports. Through its subsidiary Hamersley Iron, Rio Tinto has a joint venture with Chinese steel producers in two mines, Channar and Eastern Ranges. The Channar partnership (China's first foray into foreign mine investment) began in 1987. Major new port, mine and rail projects will increase the company's production capacity to 170 million tons by next year. "We are running flat out, going as hard as we can," says Sam Walsh, who heads Rio Tinto...
...partnership, there are challenges ahead for Australia. "China's is a high-maintenance relationship," says a third government adviser. "There are tricky issues all the time: human rights, intellectual property, Taiwan, visas, the commercial stuff. It does underscore, however, how engaged we are." For public servants - including police, defense personnel and customs officers - China is becoming part of the workload. Police, for instance, see an increased level of threat coming from China as its economy grows. The Australian Federal Police are working with their Chinese counterparts to combat transnational crimes like drug trafficking, money laundering, people smuggling and sexual servitude...