By Donald Rothwell*
A common Australian critique of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is that their conduct is unsafe and unprofessional. That includes air and sea interactions between the PLA and the RAN/RAAF in the South China Sea, the Yellow Sea, and the Sea of Japan. (The Lowy Institute. The Interpreter.)
Ultimately, this was also at the core of Australia’s diplomatic and public rebuff of the PLA-Navy live-fire exercises last month in the Tasman Sea.
