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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Tory Shepherd

‘Abusing China’s restraint’: Beijing accuses Australia of provocation at sea

Australian and US navy vessels conduct joint exercises in the South China Sea in 2020
Australian and US navy vessels conduct joint exercises in the South China Sea in 2020. Beijing has accused the countries as well as Canada of ‘abusing China’s restraint’. Photograph: Australia Department Of Defence/Reuters

China has accused Australia of provocation in the South China Sea and said Australia – along with the United States and Canada – must “refrain from abusing China’s restraint”.

Foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin was responding to a question about recent military encounters in the South China Sea, including reports in Politico that a Chinese fighter jet had an “unsafe” and “unprofessional” interaction with an American C-130 aircraft.

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