Australia has fears that it may be pulled into armed conflict with China over Taiwanese independence. In recent times China has had physical confrontation along the Indian border, threatened Vietnam, expanded its military presence in the South China Sea, increased operations near the Senkaku Islands, and essentially removed Hong Kong’s autonomy. Despite China stressing that conflict would be the last resort as they prefer a peaceful resolution, China’s actions indicate otherwise.
Produced By: Frank Augello
Featured In Story: Dr Malcom Davis – Senior Analyst in Defence, Strategy and Capability at ASPI., and Dr Jingdong Yuan – Adjunct Associate Professor at the Australia-China Institute, University of Technology Sydney.
First aired on The Wire, Wednesday, 21 April 2021