Liang Wenfeng, 40, has suddenly become a pin-up for Beijing, a darling of China’s private sector and an idol to many young Chinese inspired by his desire to be ‘an innovator, not just a follower’.
Chinese defence ministry spokesman Wu Qian on Sunday said the PLA had sent repeated safety notices before the drills and that his country was ‘strongly dissatisfied’ with Australia’s response.
The Albanese government has lodged a diplomatic protest with Beijing over a live weapons drill between Australia and New Zealand, as the Defence Minister reveals China is yet to give a ‘satisfactory’ explanation.
There is a sense of shock among senior Taiwanese officials as they watch the President of their most important security backer America give Ukraine a lesson in the ‘cold reality’ of international relations.
Beijing’s extraordinary outburst comes after Defence Minister Richard Marles said China’s persistent and dangerous military behaviour could end in fatalities.
China accused the RAAF P-8A Poseidon of ‘deliberately intruding into China’s airspace’ while Australia lodged an official protest over the incident that risked the lives of up to a dozen Australians.
The surge of Australian wine back to China is welcome trade news for Canberra. But all is not right in the Australian industry’s biggest overseas market.
Penny Wong said the government was ‘appalled’ by the suspended death sentence given to Yang Hengjun, but his supporters worry that Canberra’s approach is ‘too soft’.
China slugged the US with 15 per cent tariffs on coal and liquefied natural gas just hours after Canada and Mexico won a 30-day reprieve from Donald Trump’s 25 per cent tariffs.
China’s most desirable seafood has been hit by an economic trend that could outlive this Year of the Snake: weak consumer confidence in our biggest trading partner. It has ominous implications for Australia’s budget coffers.
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