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Politics
Dominic Giannini

Australia raises concern over Chinese military drills

Australia has raised concerns about China's large-scale military drills as Beijing exercised a show of force around Taiwan.

Australia had expressed concerns about the "unsafe, unprofessional and unacceptable incidents involving the PLA Navy", Foreign Minister Penny Wong said, following a widely condemned incident that involved an Australian helicopter.

"We have seen large-scale Chinese military operations and the Taiwan Strait becoming a routine event, the risk of an accident and potential escalation is growing," she said in a video message to a security summit on Tuesday.

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