Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has joined her American and Japanese counterparts to lash China for firing five missiles into the ocean in Japan’s economic zone, hours after China halted all dialogue with the United States on major issues including climate change and military relations.
Taiwan’s army broadcast a warning and deployed air reconnaissance patrol forces and ships to monitor while putting shore-based missiles on standby. They condemned Beijing’s “launch of ballistic missiles, five of which the Japanese government reported landed in its exclusive economic zones, raising tension and destabilising the region” and urged it to “immediately cease the military exercises” over the Taiwan Strait.Along with suspending talks on military relations and climate change, China’s Foreign Ministry said dialogue on the prevention of cross-border crime and drug trafficking would also be halted.
Senior Fellow at the Lowy Institute Richard McGregor said the world’s historical biggest emitter and the current biggest emitter not talking to each other was “obviously not a good thing”.
China has joined ranks of North Korean leader 'Rocket Man' who used to launch them on regular basis to prop up his profile. It is a sign of weakness, not strength. If CCPChina attacks Taiwan it will be the beginning of the end for the communist regime. WHY? You can't eat Guns.
There is only [1] warmonger here and it is certainly not Taiwan, the USA, Japan, or Australia. Let's start with China first.
Meanwhile, crickets
As if Ying Yen Wong has any influence. Australia politically is now a international weak laughingstock.
Imagine if an official from the PRC visited Cuba and the US reacted by lobbing missiles into the sea around Cuba. The PRC are warmongering and doing it after unleashing Covid on the world through their negligence.
So obviously the US and Japan told her to.
Japan’s economic zoom? It is only defined by Japan, not defined by China, neither Taiwan. So Penny Wong needs to do some research on what Japan said.
China will be shaking in their boots
Why didn't she urge Pelosi not to make the visit?
Apparently Australia wants to be a American running dog like before. Shame.
When one has power the way it is used can be responsibly or irresponsibly, China is the latter
That'll stop em.
I'm sure now Penny Wong has said something, all world problems are now over. Carry on.
At last. Good. More of this SenatorWong