China Worried About US Deployment of Bombers to Australia

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• Published on Mar 9, 2016
  China voices concern about the U-S plan to base its long-range bombers in Australia, in an area close to the South China Sea. Hong Lei warned the U-S and Australia that their military cooperation should be aimed at protecting peace and stability in the region, rather than undermining the interests of other countries. He made the statement after US media cited a senior military commander from the US Pacific Air Forces as saying that talks were underway with Australia to regularly rotate B-1 heavy bombers in the country. According to General Lori Robinson, the US Air Force would also continue to fly over disputed areas in the South China Sea. China claims almost all of the South China Sea, but Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam have overlapping claims.

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