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A Chinese military researcher has downplayed the strength of the newly formed security alliance Aukus , arguing that lack of cohesiveness will prevent it becoming an Asian version of Nato. Neither Aukus nor the informal strategic alliance the Quad “could replicate Nato in the true sense of the word”, wrote Hu Fengsheng, an assistant researcher, this month in the foreign ministry-affiliated journal World Affairs . China has expressed anger over the Aukus pact, formed in September by Australia, the UK and the United States, describing it as an “extremely irresponsible” threat to stability in the Asia-Pacific region. The pact gave...
