Brendan Nicholson
AUSTRALIAN security agencies warned the US in 2006 that, as China built up its military power, there was a danger of misunderstandings that could lead to a crisis.
In a joint review of a US Defence Department report on China's military power, Australian agencies raised concerns about China's antipathy towards transparency, the possibility Beijing could overestimate its military strength, China's rising nationalism, its "predilection for strategic deception" and difficulties with Japan and Taiwan.
Read the full story at The Australian