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ADF chief Angus Campbell urges China to resolve dispute with Taiwan to avoid ‘disastrous’ conflict
The Chief of Australia’s Defence Force Angus Campbell has warned that conflict in the Taiwan Strait would be “disastrous”, urging China to resolve its differences with Taiwan’s leaders through dialogue.
Key points:
- General Campbell made the comments at a prestigious foreign affairs conference in India
- India and Japan also warned of Chinese military belligerence in the Indo-Pacific
- Scott Morrison has also warned the world is at great risk of polarisation
Last month a top US military commander declared that China might invade the democratic and self-ruled island within the next six years as Beijing accelerates efforts to supplant the US military in Asia.
Former defence minister Christopher Pyne has also warned that war in the region was now…
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