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Australia confronts China over apparent live-fire exercises conducted off coastline

Richard Marles China Australia Penny Wong RAAF Wang Yi

The Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Arunta, lower left, sailing near the People's Liberation Army-Navy Fuchi-class replenishment vessel and Weishanhu Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang in the Tasman Sea. — The Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Arunta, lower left, sailing near the People's Liberation Army-Navy Fuchi-class replenishment vessel and Weishanhu Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang in the Tasman Sea. The live-fire drills have raised tensions between Australia and China. Photograph: Australian Defence Force/AFP/Getty Images

Australia’s foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has confronted her Chinese counterpart after Chinese warships conducted apparent live-fire exercises at short notice on Friday, forcing commercial aircraft to change course.

In a post on X late on Friday night Australian eastern time, Wong said she met with China’s foreign affairs minister, Wang Yi, on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in South Africa that day.

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