China has called Australia’s complaint over a dangerous incident between two warships “vague and one-sided” and has accused HMAS Toowoomba of “posing a threat” to China’s fishing boats, “provoking” Chinese warships and intruding on Chinese territorial waters. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) controlled Global Times issued Beijing government’s first obliqueContinue Reading
Will there be war? How soon will it be? It depends on who you ask. But the tornado of claims and counterclaims surrounding Beijing’s belligerent territorial behaviour is gaining momentum and the US decision to shoot down a Chinese spy balloon on Sunday won’t slow it down. “I see hotheadsContinue Reading
An aircraft carrier battle group is engaged in one of China’s most powerful displays of gunboat diplomacy yet, launching combat aircraft off Japan just days after Tokyo declared Beijing a “strategic challenge”. The powerful force, including the training carrier People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) Liaoning, three guided missile cruisers andContinue Reading