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The US on Wednesday announced a new alliance with Australia and Britain to strengthen military capabilities in the face of a rising China, with Canberra to receive a nuclear submarine fleet and US cruise missiles.
US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson did not mention China in unveiling their alliance, dubbed AUKUS but their intent was clear, and their announcement prompted fury in Beijing.
China yesterday condemned the deal as an “extremely irresponsible” threat to stability in the region.
The agreement also left Paris furious, as Australia scrapped a US$40 billion 2016 deal to
President Biden is preparing to host the first-ever in-person summit of leaders from the so-called "Quad" countries the U.S., India, Japan and Australia in a sign of growing momentum behind what began as a Trump-era push to rally Asia's most powerful democracies into a more formal grouping to confront and contain communist China.
Australia has notified France that that it would end its contract with state majority-owned DCNS to build 12 of the world’s largest conventional submarines.