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US military basing to expand in Australia, directed against China This week’s announcement of a new Australia-UK-US (AUKUS) military alliance, with the US and UK to supply Australia with nuclear-powered submarines, is the spearhead of a closer integration of Australia into US war preparations against China. Behind the backs of their populations—without any mention in the parliaments or Congress—the three governments have placed Australia on the frontline of plans for war against China to reassert US global hegemony. For the first time, the Australian government has explicitly named China as the target of the military buildup, abandoning previous efforts to...
