Could be.  Bush has stated unequivocally that there be no Unilateral talks with Kim Jung mentally Il.

I doubt the relations between China and the US will reach that stage unless China attacks Taiwan.  Then,I am sorry to say, no one can mediate.  First Taiwan (Sudentanland), then Vietnam (Austria), then Der Weld!

Heil Mao!  Sig heil!

maybe we will leave it to you.  We are tired of being whipped like a loyal dog.

A mediator needs to be unbiased and on neither side alone. Australia is America's boy. How could Australia be a conduit for mediation when they're so obviously in the US's camp?
The strange thing is how unnoticed the coming confrontation is in the public consciousness. The US simply can't let the current situation continue.

I think if George was to administer the beating then Johnny would be on all fours waiting.

George wont, so you will never know. Contrary to popular belief, we dont attack innocents.  Unless you think 14 UN resolutions and 500,000 dead Iraqis to be just a minor inconvenience and not any thing of consequence.

Frankly, if anyone didn't see the current problem rising from the asian theater, they must be blind

I agree.

Ive been posting on this topic for a while now.. most people have dismissed it as "it wont happen" although I am betting that within the next year to two years it will happen and then we will see the peril of the dictatorship that is China.

I agree....If it comes down to a military conflict between China and Taiwan....I think that Taiwan has a chance of winning, or at least inflicting some heavy casualties [ http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/taiwan/ ] .....I would join Taiwan and help them, i would likely doubt the US would do anything ....the political outcomes would be significant.....

Yeah strange that people seem to forget. Although I hear that the Dalai Lama is in favour now of coming together with China.

China is like the old USSR. They conquer what they cannot control. So as long as SE Asia and Mongolia stay with China's form of Communism, they are safe.

and that is also why Taiwan never will be.

Australia is noone's boy! We Aussies are far too independent for that. We will not blindly follow or be a party to American geo-politics. The US, although powerful, has no credibility in the world and its words cannot be trusted. This will continue until America forces Israel to adhere to countless UN resolutions and withdraw totally from the Occupied Territories. Also, America needs to force Israel to destroy its approximately 200 nuclear weapons, before it preaches to Iran. A true leader has to be honest.

Why Australia? Its only closeness to Asia is perhaps geographical proximity. Culturally,politically and historically, it has stonewalled itself to be apart from Asia, although its politicians want to influence the Asian politics as part of Australasian influence. What Asian country would really listen to it, much less accept it as a mediator?

There's no disputes between the US and China that would require a mediator.

Yet.