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Diplomatic tiff is looming between Australia and China over the latter’s move to militarise ports around Australia. The bilateral relation between the two countries started dipping last year after Canberra asked for an independent inquiry into the source of China’s Covid-19 prompting Beijing to suspended imports of barley and beef from Australia as a part of economic embargos.
However, recent China’s aggressive military expansion in Asia-Pacific and intentions to invade Taiwan appear to have rattled Australia which has vowed to adopt assertive military postures in response.
Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton has asked Australian armed forces to turn their attention to nearer shores amid growing threats from China. “We need to recognise that our region is changing. China is militarising ports across our region. We need to deal with all of that, and that is exactly what we are now focused on,” said Dutton, after paying tribute to tens of thousands of Austr