‘I’m saying that they’ll buy your resources when they want to buy your resources, and once it’s not good for them to do that, they’re not going to do it.’
‘Our partners in Asia understand that if you allow aggression to go unchecked anywhere, it becomes a greater threat everywhere,’ Secretary Antony Blinken said.
The four officials will ‘discuss bilateral and defense and security issues affecting the region, and exchange views on regional and international issues.’
Tension in the South China Sea simmers after multiple confrontations between ships from China and the Philippines in the vital waterway in recent months.
The 19 China-based companies are among 61 entities sanctioned over ‘directly supporting Russia’s military and industrial complex’ in its war with Ukraine.
An urgent plea has been addressed to Australian leaders to end the human rights abuses against prisoners of conscience, including forced organ harvesting.