Australia US, India and Japanese have called out Beijing’s aggression in the South China Sea and cyber espionage but stopped short of naming China directly.
Australia and its Quad partners have condemned Beijing’s aggression in the South China Sea but stopped short of directly mentioning China by name, as the countries’ top diplomats insist the grouping remains critical to regional security even as doubt hangs over its future.
The statement called out the “dangerous use of coast guard and maritime militia vessels”, a reference to the Chinese coast guard’s aggression in the Taiwan Strait and recent violent clashes with Filipino vessels, which have been publicly condemned by Australia, the US and its allies. Ahead of the talks on Monday, Wong announced Australia would spend $18 million on a new undersea digital cable centre designed to provide connectivity to Pacific countries and to fend off advances from China to strengthen its networks in the region. The meeting secured a further agreement to accelerate cyber resilience projects in the Philippines and a Quad cyber boot camp in India.
Justin Bassi, executive director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, said the Quad ministers had sidestepped “any truly frank portrayal of the unacceptable behaviour taking place, much less naming China as the key country of concern”.
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