Australia, Chinese warships and US Indo-Pacific strategy

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Chinese warships in Sydney (June 2019)

By Rebecca Strating*

Last weekend, three Chinese warships surprised Australian defence watchers by arriving in Sydney Harbour without prior public announcement. This provoked much debate on social media about how this should be interpreted: a perfectly run-of-the-mill naval operation; a sign of growing maritime cooperation; or an assertive show of maritime strength from the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)?

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