Australia’s close cooperation throughout the search with China – whose citizens comprised nearly two-thirds of those aboard the ill-fated flight, and whose naval and air resources have been unceasingly devoted to the common effort – has borne immediate fruit: a highly successful visit earlier this month by Prime Minister Tony Abbott. An important trade deal advanced, and no issue was made of the new Abbott government’s embarrassingly fulsome embrace of US leadership in the region, and its rookie mistake in describing Japan as “our best friend in Asia” (the right formula in these cases being “We have no better friend than…”).
澳大利亚搜索全过程与中国密切合作——中国公民在这架命运多舛的飞机上几乎占乘客总数的三分之二，中国抽调海空资源不间断地参与航班搜救的联合行动——立即收到了效果：本月初托尼·阿博特总理的对华访问取得了成功。签署重要贸易协议的工作取得了进展，中国没有过多地理会新任阿博特政府令人尴尬地过度参与美国地区领导政策、以及把日本说成“我们在亚洲最好朋友”（这种情况下正确的说法是“我们没有比…更好的朋友了）等诸如此类的菜鸟级错误。