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Alex Mitchell

AUKUS, subs bad ideas for Australia: China

China is committed to building relationships based on mutual trust and co-operation, says Xiao Qian. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Australia is targeting China as a potential threat as part of the AUKUS arrangement and might be breaching the UN's nuclear non-proliferation treaty via the deal.

That's according to China's ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian, who said the security pact was not a good idea and that purchasing nuclear-powered submarines was "an even worse idea".

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