It's a hopeful 'trust'. The Australian people sincerely thanked the Americans for them halting the Japanese southern Pacific conquest. I was somewhat amazed hearing this from 'Aussies' when I visited there so many years ago. What the Japanese did by military force, the Chinese have accomplished by economic means. The Chinese and their purchasing of so many Western propaganda organs have 'drugged' the entire Australian population into believing China is not a threat.  I hope the leadership recognizes that their unpopulated land of Australia is slated for Chinese emigration. The history of China has ALWAYS been conquest through force and miscegenation.