'We also hope that the Australian side could treat the Taiwan question with caution ... and does not create new troubles and disturbances in China-Australia relations,' a Chinese embassy spokesperson said.
The Chinese embassy in Australia has expressed"discontent" about remarks on Taiwan by Foreign Minister Penny Wong and her US and Japanese counterparts.
Taiwan's defence ministry said Chinese ships and planes conducted missions in the Taiwan Strait, with some crossing the median line, in what the Taiwan military described as a simulation attack on the island.Foreign Minister Penny Wong on Friday condemned Beijing's "disproportionate and destabilising" actions, saying she had expressed her concern to her Chinese counterpart at the East Asia Summit in Cambodia.
It accused the US of being the biggest threat to peace in the Taiwan Strait and said Australia should not take sides on maritime disputes between China and Japan. "It is in all our interests to have a region at peace and not in conflict. Australia does not want to see any unilateral change to the status quo across the Taiwan Strait."
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