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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Tory Shepherd

A year on from Aukus, doubts grow about its future as China muscles up

United Kingdom’s nuclear-powered attack submarine HMS Astute. A decision is yet to be made whether the US or UK will supply Australia’s new submarines.
United Kingdom’s nuclear-powered attack submarine HMS Astute. Photograph: Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images

When the Aukus deal was announced a year ago, the planning had been so stealthy that no one knew how to pronounce it.

What it pronoucned ow-kus or or-cas? Eventually everyone settled on aw-kus (although the Global Times said that in Chinese it’s pronounced “Australia cries to death”).

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