The Age·3 min read·hard
Australia news LIVE: PM arrives in Fiji to sign new security pact; Labor’s gambling ad reform blasted
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Australian officials and security experts have expressed concern over China's recent military activities in the South Pacific, viewing them as an escalation of regional power projection. The report follows the Australian Prime Minister's visit to Fiji to strengthen security ties.
Australian Strategic Policy Institute executive director Justin Bassi has warned that China’s testing of a nuclear-capable weapon in the South Pacific “represents an escalation in its ongoing military expansion and sends a deeply concerning strategic signal to Australia and the wider Indo-Pacific”.
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