FOREIGN Minister Julie Bishop has called for greater transparency regarding China's military spending while admitting it's inevitable the Asian power will increasingly invest in Australia.
Ms Bishop on Wednesday took part in a foreign policy forum at London's Chatham House following meetings with her UK counterpart William Hague.
The chair, Lord Michael Williams, told a gathering of diplomats that 100 years on from the start of WWI there were parallels in present-day global politics.
He suggested the US today could be seen as a declining power, just as Britain was in 1914, with China akin to a rising Germany a century ago.
Ms Bishop argued, however, that despite the US's alleged containment policy the circumstances were significantly different.
"The US and China are managing their relationship in a very positive way - it's mutually reinforcing, they both need each other," she said.
Australia's foreign minister told the forum China's increase in military spending wasn't known due to a lack of transparency.
"But it's inevitable that as China becomes a greater global economic power it will increase its military spending.
"It's the way the narrative is rolled out from Beijing (that matters).
"There needs to be much more discussion about their motives and plans and (China should) continue to work closely with other countries in the region who are affected."
Ms Bishop also acknowledged China - which buys almost a third of Australian exports - would increasingly invest in Australia.
"China is nowhere near at the level of foreign investment that we have from the United States - our largest investor with the UK second - but that will change over time as China looks to invest globally."
Chinese investment in Australia currently makes up around three per cent of all Australia's foreign direct investment.
However there's been a public perception - often fuelled by politicians - that government allows too much Chinese investment particularly when it comes to farming land.
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