While that might currently be the US's official stance, I notice their politicians are also discussing Wuhan and covid with regards to blaming China and demanding compensation. So I'm not confident that they aren't also exacerbating problems behind the scenes. Besides, we all know how good the US is at selling arms to both sides in a war and only coming in to the fray after everyone else.
I've always thought that Australia is stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to the western connections and proximity to China. It's isolated, has a low population and little arsenal. I believe after the second war the reason they stole children from the UK was to try and increase the population as they were pretty much abandoned by the allies in the war. Did the white Australia policy also increase around then?
In recent decades they finally seemed to start seeing sense by improving relations with China and allowing more immigration from Asia. I do wonder if they are now being pushed to choose a side.
Ironically, when watching Justice League, Snyder cut last night one of the attacking aliens noted that the people of the world are so primitive they fight among themselves and can't unite themselves to put up a fight against a real threat.
RE: China raises 14 grievances with Australia as $20 Billion is at stake