US warns China could become negative force
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has warned that China could become a "negative force" in the Asia-Pacific region and urged the US, Australia and Japan to form a common position on how to engage the Asian economic powerhouse, reports said.
Speaking to Australian journalists in Washington ahead of her visit to Sydney and Melbourne next week, Rice said that Beijing's military and economic rise would be the focus of upcoming trilateral security discussions with Australia and Japan.
Rice said the region was undergoing tremendous flux and change, mostly because of the rise of China.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. "And I think all of us in the region, particularly those of us who are long-standing allies, have a joint responsibility and obligation to try and produce conditions in which the rise of China will be a positive force in international politics, not a negative force," The Weekend Australian quoted Rice as saying.
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