A book that spruiks decades of military cooperation between Australia and China and funded by controversial Chinese-Australian businessman Chau Chak Wing is stocked in the War Memorial's gift shop.

The book Quiet and Loyal Spirit: Commemorating Chinese Australian Military Service is edited by Dr Sheng Fei, and published in association with the Australia China Friendship and Exchange Association, of which Mr Chau is president.

Chinese-Australian businessman Chau Chak Wing, Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop and Australian War Memorial director Brendan Nelson holding the cover imagery of the book stocked in the War Memorial gift shop. Credit:Kingold Holdings website

Mr Chau's influence on the War Memorial has been in the spotlight after it was revealed that he had donated $560,000 to the memorial after being approached by memorial director Brendan Nelson. In Senate estimates this week Dr Nelson said that he had also suggested the amounts to be donated and what projects they would fund to Mr Chau.

The book includes prefaces in both Chinese and English, with themes focusing on how Chinese Australians have contributed to Australia since the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, which it calls the founding of Australia as a nation, and the contributions of Chinese-Australian soldiers.