No reason for China to apologise to Australia for live-fire drills, ambassador says

China doesn't even need to "think" about apologising over the way it notified Australia about live-fire naval drills off the Australian coast, the country's ambassador says. Xiao Qian told the ABC the drills last Friday and Saturday posed "no threat" to Australia and were "a normal kind of practice for many navies in the world". He said the notification of the drills had followed normal international practice, despite Australian authorities first becoming aware of them after they began, from a passing Virgin pilot. "There should be no over-reading into this," the ambassador said, insisting Australia and China were "comprehensive strategic…