Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton has highlighted the difference between Beijing’s words and deeds, saying the world has witnessed and grown concerned by the Communist regime’s pattern of “alarming” activities. “By now we are all familiar with the frequent claims of the Chinese government that it is committed to peace, cooperation, and development,” Dutton said in his address to the National Press Club Friday, adding that “win-win cooperation” and “progress” are common Chinese regime refrains. “And yet we bear witness to a significant disconnect between words and actions, between the rhetoric and reality,” he said. That reality, Dutton said, is that the Chinese regime is “regrettably” using its power in security, trade, economics, media, and the internet to compel countries to comply with its demands. Dutton warned that, in the absence of counter pressure, Beijing would dominate the Indo-Pacific region which has made Australia prosperous and safe if China invaded Taiwan and then …
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