CHAI Tommy Sheng Hao  <br/><br/>
How China attempts to drive a wedge in the U.S.-Australia alliance/ 
Tommy Sheng Hao Chai 
 -  2020 
<br/><br/> This article contends that China has employed a combined statist and trans-state approach to wedge the U.S.-Australia alliance. Beijing has two main aims: promote an alignment of interest with Canberra at Washington's expense and prevent Canberra from siding with Washington. It relies on three modes of influence (coercion, inducement and persuasion) China has achieved partial success in three issue areas: the South China Sea dispute, the U.S.-China 5G competition and the international isolation of Taiwan. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>UNITED STATES - AUSTRALIA -- ALLIANCE<br/>AUSTRALIA -- STARTEGY<br/>CHINA -- ALLIANCE