Chinese warships undertake apparent live-fire drill in sea between Australia and New Zealand (archive.ph)

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[-] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 15 points 11 months ago

Chinese warships conduct drill in international waters*

That article is a masterclass of biased language.

[-] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml -4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They're such a lovely government.

Edit. Turns out it's legal.

"Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles stated on Thursday that the ships did not pose any threats and did not breach any maritime laws."

There ya go. Who'd have thought.

[-] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 20 points 11 months ago

How dare they exist in international waters! Don't they know that belongs to the USA?

[-] Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 11 months ago

Turns out it’s legal

Why would that be relevant?

[-] Heyting@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago

Live fire drills not unique, I don’t see how that says anything about the Chinese government

[-] Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 11 months ago

The actual unique part about it is that China seems to be turning around the logic of encirclement on its head.

US allied forces periodically conduct similar exercises near the coast of China (with build up of weapons as well), using the justification that they can do whatever they want in international waters.

Even Australia sends helicopters and other military equipment off the Chinese coast. The Chinese have decided to give Australia a taste of its own medicine.