China warns Australia after naval drill in South China Sea - UPI.com
UPI reports: "China issued a warning to Australia after Australian troops staged a
large-scale naval exercise in the South China Sea.
The advisory from Beijing comes at a time when China is making swift
progress on fortifying its military base in the disputed Spratly and
Paracel Islands, according to the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative
at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. [...] According
to Chinese state tabloid Global Times, Shen specifically said the
presence of 1,200 Australian servicemen aboard six naval vessels during a
drill in September 2017 had stoked concerns in Beijing.
China, meanwhile, has not stopped building sophisticated military
facilities on reclaimed islands in the South China Sea."
Comment: At some point they will have to stop calling them "disputed islands" unless they are willing to challenge Chinese claims. I think this report confuses the issue a bit, the reader would be forgiven for thinking the reclaimed islands share the disputed status of the Spratly and Paracel Islands and in either case, the disputants do not include Australia.
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