The focus must be on peace, development and building a community with a shared future. China remains committed to the Asian values of peace, cooperation, openness and inclusiveness which provide a conceptual guide for building an Asian community with a shared future. This is how countries, including China, have been able to make use of the development opportunities brought by economic globalization. While China has grown in strength, it is eager to play an active role in shaping peace, development and cooperation in Asia. At that time, China had been under a brutal occupation for more than a decade, and Australia and China were fighting for the same goal.