China's actions clash with its calls for peace: Canberra
China’s “alarming” actions do not match its rhetoric about promoting peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region, Australian Minister for Defense Peter Dutton said yesterday after a Chinese navy ship was tracked sailing through the country’s exclusive economic zone. Dutton listed China’s militarization of the South China Sea, aggression toward Taiwan and the introduction of a National Security Law in Hong Kong as examples of China’s actions being at odds with its rhetoric. “We’re all familiar with the frequent claims of the Chinese government that it is committed to peace, ...