Australia & Oceania

Australia & Oceania 06/15/22, 19:09

An advanced persistent threat (APT) group linked to China has been spying on Southeast Asian and Australian organizations since early 2013. SentinelLabs reported on June 9 that the group, known as Aoqin Dragon, is still operating. Its primary victims are organizations in Australia and Southeast Asia, including Cambodia, Hong Kong, Singapore, ...

Australia & Oceania 06/11/22, 02:29

Australia and Canada said Chinese jets performed dangerous moves on their military planes in recent encounters over the sea. Any mistake could have terrible consequences. It’s not strange for rival countries to send ships and aircraft to international waters and airspace to show strength and send signals, such as on a ...

Australia & Oceania 06/07/22, 07:07

As AP reported, Canberra announced on Jun 5 that a Chinese fighter jet carried out a dangerous maneuver against Australian surveillance planes in international airspace in the South China Sea. The incident happened on May 26. Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said that the Chinese J-16 flew very close to the ...

Australia & Oceania 05/24/22, 23:59

Anthony Albanese was sworn in on May 23 as the 31st Australian Prime Minister. Australia's relationship with China has taken a sharp turn for the worse in recent years. Therefore, the new government's China policy has received much attention. Albanese, the new Australian prime minister, has stated that his China policy ...

Australia & Oceania 05/14/22, 10:29

According to Reuters, a Chinese spy ship was detected off the West Australian coast. Australian Defense Minister Peter Dutton said the Chinese vessel's position was close to its military and intelligence installations on Australia's west coast. China's warship with intelligence-gathering capacity went down the west coast of Australia, near Exmouth, and then ...

Australia & Oceania 05/12/22, 00:43

Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) director-general Paul Symon on May 10 said that dissatisfied Chinese officials are becoming informants for Australian intelligence. As ABC Australia reported, he said, “In China, we have an ancient culture but [now] there's an enforced monoculture. We don't yet know exactly how that will play out ...

Australia & Oceania 05/10/22, 00:10

Prime Minister Scott Morrison stated Sunday during a heated debate ahead of the election that Australia will cooperate with friends to prevent China from establishing military bases in the Solomon Islands. Last month, Beijing announced a security pact with the Solomon Islands. China's growing power in the Pacific has become a ...

Australia & Oceania 05/01/22, 23:41

On April 30, Reuters reported that Australia's prime minister Scott Morrison pointed out China's interference in its foreign politics. After Australia's home affairs minister claimed Beijing's recent security arrangement disclosure in the Solomon Islands is to influence the upcoming election. Morrison replied to Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews' radio statement that ...

Australia & Oceania 04/26/22, 23:39

Australia's Defense Minister Peter Dutton accuses China of bribing other countries to secure international deals. The Defense Minister's accusation of China comes as his conservative government faces opposition scrutiny about its failure to stop The Solomons–China's security pact, especially as Australia heads toward a new election next month. The deal alarmed many ...

Australia & Oceania 04/25/22, 01:12

Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce said on Australia's national broadcaster Sunday, April 24, that Solomon should be "really careful" in its security agreement with China. Joyce had taken Solomon's word that the islands would not allow China to build a naval base there. He went on to talk about China ...

Australia & Oceania 04/20/22, 22:49

China said on Tuesday, April 19, that it had signed a security pact with the Solomon Islands, a move set to raise concerns from the U.S. and allies Australia and New Zealand about growing Chinese influence in the region. Douglas Ete, chairman of Parliament's public accounts committee, said that the agreements ...

Australia & Oceania 04/18/22, 01:08

In a local television interview on Sunday, April 17, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said that there are concerns about a 'lack of transparency' in the controversial proposed security pact between the Solomon Islands and China. According to Bloomberg, Payne said that the concern is "something that should be discussed in ...

Australia & Oceania 04/15/22, 01:04

An Australian Minister met with the Solomon Islands' Prime Minister on Wednesday, April 13, asking the Pacific island not to sign a proposed security deal with China. The meeting occurred between Zed Seselja, Australia's Minister for International Development and the Pacific, and Manasseh Sogavare, Solomon Islands' Prime Minister. In a statement following ...

Australia & Oceania 04/14/22, 17:43

The recent agreement signed between the Solomon Islands and China on April 1 sparked international concern after it was revealed that the South Pacific island nation would allow Beijing to establish a military base there. According to AP, In this context, the United States and Australia are on alert, considering this military ...

News 04/13/22, 04:40

Medical specialists misdiagnosed patients as profoundly unresponsive and extracted their organs while still alive. This is the shocking conclusion researchers reached after completing a thorough investigation. The Australian National University recently published what is claimed to be the world's first study exposing the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP's) transition away from executing ...

Australia & Oceania 04/08/22, 22:51

Bloomberg posted on April 7 that two Australian senior intelligence officials went to the Solomon Islands to work on the Islands' security pact with China. To reassure Australia that it is still a "partner of choice," during the officials' visit, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare publicized a statement on Solomontimes ...