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China has launched another attack on the Albanian government, criticizing Canberra for “violating” the UN charter and further straining bilateral relations. Secretary of State Penny Wong, along with her US and Japanese colleagues, wrote a joint statement last week, strongly condemning China’s unprecedented military exercises in the Taiwan Strait. Beijing launched the exercises — which they say will continue indefinitely — in the wake of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s historic visit to Taiwan. Beijing claims this was a disregard for the One China policy. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said Senator Wong and the government “ignored facts” when...
