"However, the support for the "quad" is not uniform in the Australian political system. "A good example is when officials of Japan, India, the US and Australia met in the margins of the. I discussed the importance of this initiative with Prime Minister Modi in Manila at our meeting. He described "a neighbourhood that is defined by open markets and the free flow of goods, services, capital and ideas. "Rowan Callick, a columnist for The Australian in China, said even the word Indo-Pacific worries Beijing.

Source: Times of India November 23, 2017 15:08 UTC