Countries are pushing back against what they see as belligerence and bullying from the Chinese Government. 9News
Australian Strategic Policy Institute executive director Peter Jennings said the globe had effectively entered a new Cold War, between China and the world's leading democracies."Everywhere now, China is losing friends and partners through its own offensive behaviour," Mr Jennings said.And as tension between the greatest powers grows, Australian warships are also on their way to join the US-led Pacific Rim wargames.
There are growing concerns that Beijing's next step in the South China Sea stand-off will be to declare it controls all the airspace over the world's most contested waterway. "All of this goes to their sovereign claim, which overnight the US has declared illegal," Mr Jennings said. It's a claim Australia also disputes, while an international tribunal in the Hague has also rebuked China's behaviour in the region.
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