Second China spy ship to watch US-Australia war training, says Aussie media, Australia/NZ News & Top Stories


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SYDNEY (BLOOMBERG) - A second Chinese spy vessel is on track to enter waters off Australia's northeast coast, adding to Beijing's surveillance presence in the area as joint military exercises between Australia and the United States kicked off last week, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported. Approaching Australia through the Solomon Sea around Papua New Guinea, the vessel joins a larger Chinese auxiliary general intelligence ship that was earlier spotted heading towards the country through the Torres Strait and is being monitored by Australia's defence force, it said. The vessels are expected to monitor the Talisman Sabre exercises, a routine military...