Australia

A. has been moving steadily closer to the United States in order to counter the growing influence of Japan and Indonesia.
B. has become a virtual Chinese colony, as Chinese capital now dominates the economy and Chinese-Australians constitute twenty percent of the population.
C. is dependent on Japan for markets and investment capital, a fact reflected by its "forced withdrawal" from the British Commonwealth in 1994.
D. now draws more than one-half of its immigrants from East Asia.
E. publicly refused an invitation to join ASEAN in 1995.


Answer: D

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