Goh Chok Tong, the nation’s Prime Minister, said Australia would not be considered part of the Asian region until its population became more than 50 percent Asian. Singapore also denied the suggestions, and a statement issued by the Singapore high commission in Canberra insisted the comments were taken out of context. That followed the threat by now-retired Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohammed’s to treat Australia as a terrorist state if it tried to act as a regional security sheriff for the United States.

John Howard said that we don’t seek some kind of rating from anybody as far as our position in the region is concerned. Australia would never define its

Norman Zhang, of the NSW Indo-China Chinese Association, said he considered Australia to be very much a part of the region. Mr Zhang said Australia was surrounded by Asian countries and generally had good relations with them.

place in any part of the world other than to behave as we are, and that is Australians. Australia will always deport itself in this region and around the world not according to any derivative status or any ethnic composition, but purely as an independent Australian nation. He said our image in the region was good; pointing out Australia had just signed a fee trade deal with Thailand and already had one with Singapore. He said the issue of Australia’s regional relations only kept cropping up in Australia, rather than in diplomatic and head of government discussions. Labor

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