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Chinese ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian last year warned Beijing was prepared to use "all necessary means" to unify Taiwan with China.
Senator Wong acknowledged Beijing was undertaking a massive military build-up in the region "with little transparency" about its intentions, warning the threat of miscalculation created "the most confronting circumstances in decades".But she warned against politicians deliberately fanning inflammatory rhetoric on Taiwan, saying more temperate interventions "may not sell as many newspapers today, but it will help you to sell them for a lot longer".
"There is much discussion in media and political circles over timelines and scenarios when it comes to Taiwan. Anyone in a position like mine who feels an urge to add to that discussion should resist the temptation. It is the most dangerous of parlour games," she said. “Let me be absolutely clear: a war over Taiwan would be catastrophic for all. We know that there would be no real winners."Joe Biden has been more explicit over Taiwan than previous US presidents.Mr Keating, who has played down the military threat posed by China, lambasted that approach as "refusing to talk about the very power issue which threatens the region’s viability".
"She told us she will turn her back on reality, speaking only in terms of ‘lowering the heat’ and the ‘benefit from a strategic equilibrium’, without providing one clue, let alone a policy, as to how that might be achieved," he said.Labor has attempted to reset Canberra's relationship with Beijing, which deteriorated under the former Coalition government, with
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