Penny Wong deflects questions about Australia’s response to China’s military build up

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Penny Wong has refused to be drawn on whether Australia is now in an arms race with China, despite one of her colleagues claiming it has already begun. The Foreign Minister sidestepped several questions about whether the government was trying to keep up with Beijing’s military build-up when asked on Sunday morning. “The question is not commenting about it, the question is what we do about it,” she told ABC's Insiders. “What we have to do with other countries is to ensure that there is a strategic balance in the region. “We want to make sure that no country ever...