Thursday, September 16, 2021

Aukus: China denounces US-UK-Australia pact as irresponsible - BBC News

nuclear-powered submarines


China has criticised a historic security pact between the US, UK and Australia, describing it as "extremely irresponsible" and "narrow minded".



The deal will see the US and UK give Australia the technology to build nuclear-powered submarines for the first time.

It is being widely viewed as an effort to counter China's influence in the contested South China Sea.

The region has been a flashpoint for years and tensions there remain high.

Chinese Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said the alliance risked "severely damaging regional peace... and intensifying the arms race".

He criticised what he called "the obsolete cold war... mentality" and warned the three countries were "hurting their own interests".

Chinese state media carried similar editorials denouncing the pact, and one in the Global Times newspaper said Australia had now "turned itself into an adversary of China"...

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