The head of federal parliament's intelligence committee has suggested Australia is bolstering its military capabilities in part to deter China from invading Taiwan.
The head of federal parliament's intelligence committee has suggested Australia is bolstering its military capabilities in part to deter China from invading Taiwan .
He made the blunt remarks during an event in Melbourne with Douglas Hsu, head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, which is Taiwan's de facto embassy in Canberra.Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te stops over at Hawaii and Guam as part of a week-long trip in the South Pacific, as Beijing warns the United States to handle the Taiwan issue with "utmost caution".
But Senator Ciccone said the then-speaker's trip sent a critical message about US support for Taiwan."The Chinese went berserk about it but, you know, quite frankly good on her for actually standing up what she believes in. It's good to see America … making a stance.
Mr Hsu told the event that Taiwan had been heartened by recent shows of support from several countries across the region. Last year, Defence Minister Richard Marles said Australia and other countries had to make sure there was not a "failure of deterrence" regarding Taiwan like the one that failed to prevent Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but couched his language more carefully.
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