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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
Thursday, May 13, 2021 by: News Editors
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Xinjiang birth rate fell nearly half in two years: Report
ANI
13 May 2021, 21:37 GMT+10
Canberra [Australia], May 13 (ANI): The birth rate across the Xinjiang region fell by nearly half in the two years after China adopted coercive and intrusive policing of reproduction processes , according to new research.
The Chinese crackdown has led to an unprecedented and precipitous drop in official birth rates in Xinjiang province, where western countries have blamed China for genocide against minorities, since 2017, according to the research by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
The largest declines have been in counties where Uyghurs and other indigenous communities are concentrated, it noted.
Policies in Xinjiang drive down birthrate, study says
‘COMPELLING EVIDENCE’: Birthrates in counties with a 90 percent or greater indigenous population declined by an average of 56.5 percent from 2017 to 2018, data showed
Reuters, BEIJING
Coercive policies in China’s far western region of Xinjiang have led to a sharp decline in birthrates for Uighurs and other minorities, which could add to evidence of genocide, an Australian think tank said in a report released on Wednesday.
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) report, citing official Chinese data, said that there has been an “unprecedented and precipitous drop in official birthrates in Xinjiang since 2017,” when China began a campaign to control birthrates in the region.