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Australia is struggling to maintain balance between traditional security ties with the US and growing economic and trade ties with China.
Tensions between the two countries have risen in the past year with a simmering territorial dispute.
An IMF official said where the money goes now will have a huge impact on the emerging markets.
The aid will be sent to Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea, the three West African countries worst affected by the Ebola outbreak.
Abe has not held talks with Chinese leaders since he returned to power in December 2012.
China voted in favor of a UN resolution calling for ending a five-decade embargo imposed by the US on Cuba.
The yuan has staged a spectacular rise in recent years on the back of China's economic ascent.
Beijing’s embrace of higher wages to help bolster consumer spending is expected to spark a jump in factories using robots.
China has the world's deadliest mines although in recent years regulators have strengthened the enforcement of safety rules.
Data collected from the test mission will help prepare for an exploratory manned moon landing in 2017.
