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“WASHINGTON — The Biden administration took a major step on Wednesday in challenging China’s broad territorial claims in the Pacific, announcing that the United States and Britain would help Australia to deploy nuclear-powered submarines, adding to the Western presence in the region.
If the plan, announced on Wednesday by President Biden, Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain and Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia, comes to fruition, Australia may be conducting routine patrols that could sail through areas of the South China Sea that Beijing now claims as its own exclusive zone, and range as far north as Taiwan. The announcement is a major step for Australia, which until recent years has been hesitant to push back directly at core Chinese interests.”
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President Biden shows how it is done. Unlike the former guy who debased, offended and alienated our allies, our new President works with them. China now knows we are serious in halting their territorial ambitions. President Biden shows us what US leadership looks like.
If the plan, announced on Wednesday by President Biden, Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain and Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia, comes to fruition, Australia may be conducting routine patrols that could sail through areas of the South China Sea that Beijing now claims as its own exclusive zone, and range as far north as Taiwan. The announcement is a major step for Australia, which until recent years has been hesitant to push back directly at core Chinese interests.”
Biden Announces Defense Deal With Australia in a Bid to Counter China (Published 2021)
President Biden said the United States and Britain would help Australia to deploy nuclear-powered submarines, adding to the Western presence in the region.
www.nytimes.com
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President Biden shows how it is done. Unlike the former guy who debased, offended and alienated our allies, our new President works with them. China now knows we are serious in halting their territorial ambitions. President Biden shows us what US leadership looks like.