News Snapshot:
China launched a new attack on the Albanian government, criticizing Canberra for "violating" the UN Charter and further straining bilateral relations. Foreign Minister Penny Wong co-wrote a joint statement with her counterparts in the United States and Japan last week, strongly condemning China's unprecedented military exercises in the Taiwan Strait. Beijing launched the exercises - which they say will continue indefinitely - following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. Beijing claims that this was a disregard for the one-China policy. Overnight, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that Senator Wong and the government had "overlooked the facts"...
