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The USS Higgins is shown passing through the Taiwan Strait in 2022.

‘The US severely undermined peace’: China says it ‘drove away’ US warship in South China Sea

The incident comes days after two Chinese ships collided while chasing a Philippine vessel near the disputed Scarborough Shoal.

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Chinese ships smash into each other while chasing Philippine boat, footage shows

A China Coast Guard vessel accidentally rammed into a People’s Liberation Army Navy ship in the South China Sea, resulting in “substantial damage”, the Philippine Coast Guard said.

  • Cliff Venzon
House push to build more ships has questioned Australia’s commitment to AUKUS and its readiness to help the US fight China.

‘Noticeably fickle’: Trump’s new submarine chief a critic of Australia

Jerry Hendrix, who leads a White House push to build more ships and submarines, has often questioned Australia’s commitment to AUKUS and its readiness to help the US fight China.

  • Michael Koziol
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra.

‘We’ll determine our defence policy’: PM pushes back on Hegseth pressure over China

Comments from the defence secretary have also drawn a furious response from Beijing, which says the US risks turning the Asia-Pacific region into a “powder keg”.

  • Lisa Visentin
Poland’s Radek Sikorski

Ex-war reporter turned foreign minister leading the charge to keep Russia – and China – in check

At a time when Europe’s leadership has been diffuse and distracted, Radek Sikorski has emerged as one of the West’s most forceful voices.

  • Rob Harris
The presence of Chinese research vessel, Tan Suo Yi Hao, tracking a route far off the south coast of Australia has generated days of political debate and prompted Beijing to deny that it is seeking to influence the federal election.

Beijing denounces spy vessel claims as smear campaign

Beijing has rebuffed suggestions that it is seeking to influence the federal election after one of its research vessels travelled past Australia’s southern coast.

  • Lisa Visentin
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People’s Liberation Army-Navy Renhai-class cruiser Zunyi, and Fuchi-class replenishment vessel Weishanhu in the Tasman Sea.

Why Chinese warships off the coast were no bad thing for Australia

Many Australians seem to have missed a salient fact – our own navy conducts navigation operations and live firing exercises in the South China Sea.

  • Christopher Pyne
China’s President Xi Jinping last month. Officials from the Chinese embassy in Canberra included government funding for “anti-China” research at ASPI on an infamous list of 14 grievances provided to journalists in 2020.

If we panic about these Chinese ships, Xi wins the propaganda war

The arrival of Chinese warships near our coast is not a crisis. Treating it as one – with over-the-top indignation – diminishes our capacity to tackle real crises as the region deteriorates.

  • Jennifer Parker

‘We’ve been exposed’: China’s ‘act of intimidation’ – and why Australia can’t complain

Listen: International editor Peter Hartcher breaks down how Chinese warships conducted exercises off Australia, and what it says about our defence force.

  • Peter Hartcher
A Chinese army-navy Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang was spotted 150 nautical miles off the coast of Sydney.

Albanese, Dutton must set out clear China policy for public debate

Chinese warships firing live rounds within a few hundred kilometres of Sydney with only a few hours’ notice is a significant escalation in the posturing of that nation’s forces in our region.

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