Australian election pits incumbent Kevin Rudd against Tony Abbott . Rudd sees a role for Xi that goes beyond the development of long-term U.S.-China relations to one that involves `` shaping the broad architecture of a new rules-based order for Asia . '' Abbott leads LNG coalition , Abbot 's mentor is former PM John Howard . Kevin Rudd wants China and Australia to carve out new Obama ` ` strategic road-map '' Abbott wants U.S. - China relationship to move to `` shared values ''
Australian election pits incumbent Kevin Rudd against Tony Abbott . Abbott leads LNG coalition , Abbot 's mentor is former PM John Howard . Kevin Rudd wants China and Australia to carve out new Obama `` strategic road-map '' Abbott wants U.S. - China relationship to move to `` shared values ''