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The benefits of doing business with China is overriding security considerations in the chain of developing nations to Australia’s north, and exposing the missing piece in the US’ regional security strategy, a senior Taiwan government figure, who asked not to be named, told a briefing of Australian strategists in Taipei attended by The Australian Financial Review. Separately, a senior Taiwanese military figure said the reluctance of other countries in the region to back a US-led push – supported by Canberra – for a unified front to deter China’s territorial ambitions in the region was undermining the effort. An oyster farmer...
