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Aussie PM raises ‘strongest possible objection’ after diver allegedly injured by Chinese ship

The Australian government said a Chinese ship "was detected operating its hull-mounted sonar in a manner that posed a risk to the safety of the Australian divers who were forced to exit the water."

By Colin Clark

Air Warfare

‘Mind your own business’: PRC defense minister to world, hours after PLAN ship rushes US destroyer

"The big strategic goal is a Chinese-led international order, a Chinese century, where the US strategic primacy has ended. The US can basically move back to the Western Hemisphere and focus on itself, which is what he was saying," Malcom Davis, China expert at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, said.

By Colin Clark