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AUKUS submarines deal draws a stinging response from Beijing

The Virginia-class submarines will be built and delivered over the next 30 years. Photo: AAP

China’s angry reaction to Australia’s landmark deal for nuclear submarines has cast a fresh chill over what the Albanese government has been hoping as a warming relationship with Beijing.

Under a military arrangement with the United States and United Kingdom, Australia will command a fleet of eight nuclear-powered submarines within the next three decades.

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