CHRIS REASON: As PM charms China, Australia hosts 19-nation war games with eyes on Beijing

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The timing was as extraordinary as it was unfortunate. The very week Prime Minister Anthony Albanese chose to go charm China, Australia’s armed forces begin training to go to war with them. It’s quite the diary clash; his appointments secretary might need to reconsider their position. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today Exercise Talisman Sabre. It’s locked in around the same time every two years and has been since 2005. And this year was the biggest, most ambitious, and significant iteration of them all: 19 nations, 40,000 troops, all coming together to focus on just one increasingly...