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Washington-Canberra defense ties threaten regional stability: Experts - global.chinadaily.com.cn
Why it matters
This is a Chinese state media criticism of the Australia–US defence partnership framed as destabilising, reflecting Beijing's strategic messaging against AUKUS and allied cohesion in the Indo-Pacific. While it carries no new factual development (no capability cancelled, no funding withheld, no partner defection), it signals China's diplomatic counter to alliance deepening and may indicate increased PLA or political pressure on regional actors to resist Australian–US strategic coordination.
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