Gao, M.Xie, B.O'Connor, J.Butcher, J.Gao, M.O'Connor, J.Xie, B.Butcher, J.2023-03-072023-03-072023Different Histories, Shared Futures: Dialogues on Australia-China, 2023 / Gao, M., O'Connor, J., Xie, B., Butcher, J. (ed./s), Ch.1, pp.1-149789811991905https://hdl.handle.net/2440/137492This chapter asks whether there is a possibility of a way forward in which Australia and China could have a shared future, even if the histories between the two countries were profoundly different. The authors acknowledge their ostensive differences and one commonality—insecurity and present a set of questions surrounding the question whether a shared future is possible. These questions are relevant at a time when Australia-China relations have never been so close yet never been so bad since the establishment of their diplomatic relationship in the 1972.en© 2023 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.Australia; China; Differences; National security; Shared futureBook chapter10.1007/978-981-19-9191-2_12023-02-16634846Gao, M. [0000-0001-7214-0668]Xie, B. [0000-0002-5301-2510]Butcher, J. [0000-0002-9911-1450]