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Richard Marles says he won’t be drawn into “chest beating” on China as tensions over Taiwan continue to escalate. Instead, the Acting Prime Minister has reiterated his call for calm in the Taiwan Strait after Beijing launched military drills following Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei. “What we obviously want to see is a return to normal peaceful behaviour around the Taiwan Strait … we have got to get back to that normal peaceful set of behaviours,” Mr Marles said. Beijing fired 11 ballistic missiles over and near Taiwan following the US House Speaker’s visit to the self ruled island China...
