DFAT Secretary: Beijing Cannot ‘Escape Scrutiny or Debate’

DFAT Secretary: Beijing Cannot ‘Escape Scrutiny or Debate’
People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers take part in a performance during an open day at Stonecutters Island naval base in Hong Kong, on June 30, 2019. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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Australia’s most senior diplomat from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has said that the Chinese regime is “mistaken” if it thinks it can set the terms of China’s future engagement with the world.

DFAT Secretary Frances Adamson noted that while the world focused on dealing with China’s growing power, it forgot that the Communist Party ruling China was also carefully considering how other countries were reacting to its international conduct.

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