Experts warn against harsh rhetoric ahead of Albanese-Trump meeting

Washington | The US shouldn't take Australian military support for granted if China were to attempt a takeover of Taiwan, a US Senate committee has been warned, particularly if relations were further strained by President Donald Trump's at-times divisive foreign policy. Craig Singleton, a former US diplomat and senior fellow at the Foundation for Defence of Democracies, said on Tuesday (Wednesday AEDT) that China was "actively exploiting all the cleavages amongst the democracies to sow doubt on this question". Loading…