Australian defence department also says it has been monitoring three Chinese ships in the Coral Sea
The Chinese Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang. Australia’s defence department has released information about three Chinese ships it has been monitoring in the Coral Sea, to Australia’s north, for several days.The Chinese Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang. Australia’s defence department has released information about three Chinese ships it has been monitoring in the Coral Sea, to Australia’s north, for several days.
“We have made representations about our concerns to the Chinese government both yesterday and today here in Canberra, but also in Beijing.” At the same time, the department also released information about what it called a “People’s Liberation Army-Navy task group” in waters north-east of Australia: a Jiangkai-class frigate named Hengyang, a Renhai cruiser named Zunyi and a Fuchi-class replenishment vessel Weishanhu.
Defence said the ships had travelled through south-east Asia, then entered Australia’s maritime approaches.
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