in the Taiwan Straits, Australia would be required under the ANZUS treaty to consult with the United States but depending on the situation that it would not necessarily commit Australia to war. He said that "we don't think that the PRC should resolve the Taiwan status question militarily, that it has got to be done through negotiations with Taiwan". Downer further commented that Australia would have preferred it had China not passed the anti-secession law. Several other nations expressed support for the PRC's anti-secession law, including: CIS nations: Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan Latin American and Caribbean nations: Cuba, Venezuela, and Dominica. Asian and Middle Eastern nations: Indonesia, Cambodia, Nepal, Syria, Pakistan, North Korea, Iraq African nations: Ethiopia, Comoros the former nation of Serbia and Montenegro See also Chinese unification National People's Congress Decision on Hong Kong national security legislation, similar law regarding Hong Kong New York Anti-Secession Ordinance, a non-binding New York state resolution characterized in Chinese media as a federal U.S. anti-secession law Political status of Taiwan Proposed National Unification Promotion Law Secession "Taiwan, China" Taiwan Province Taiwan Relations Act Taiwan Province, People's Republic of China References External links Report of Wen Jiabao on drafting and passing the law BBC News: China to enact anti-secession law (2004-12-19); BBC News: Taiwanese protest at China bill (2005-02-28); BBC News: China unveils controversial law; also: , , , (all BBC) Taiwan News: Reaction in Taiwan Full text of the anti-secession law in English Wikinews:Hundreds of thousands protest anti-secession law in Taiwan People's Daily: Anti-secession Law will not be applied in Hong Kong and Macau (in Traditional Chinese) Xinhua: Anti-secession Law will not be applied in Hong Kong and Macau (in Simplified Chinese) Legal Malware: Hong Kong’s National Anthem Ordinance by Kevin Carrico for Hong Kong Watch. Separatism in China Laws of China Cross-Strait relations 2005 in law 2005 in China