Opinion
China and the South China Sea topped the agenda during top-level US-Australia talks in Washington. Greg Austin explains why the strategic waterway is increasingly contested.
National
Australia’s defence and foreign ministers have met their US counterparts in Washington DC for talks, with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo praising Australia for standing up to China despite “coercive pressure from the Chinese Communist Party to bow to Beijing’s wishes”.
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US President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state has set a course for a potentially serious confrontation with Beijing, saying China should be denied access to islands it has built in the contested South China Sea.
