China Missile Test Lands Near Nauru and Tuvalu Exclusive Economic Zones
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- China's nuclear-capable missile test landed near the exclusive economic zones of Nauru and Tuvalu, prompting criticism from Taiwan, Australia, and New Zealand.
- Taiwan's Joseph Wu called it a "provocation that destabilizes the Indo Pacific."
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China conducted a nuclear-capable missile test in the Pacific Ocean, with the missile landing near the exclusive economic zones of Nauru and Tuvalu.
The nuclear-capable missile test which China fired into the Pacific yesterday appears to have landed near the exclusive economic zones of Pacific nations of Nauru and Tuvalu.
The head of Taiwan's national security council Joseph Wu posted an image to social media which shows the missile hitting the waters around 1000 kilometres north-east of Solomon Islands.
Wu called the test "a provocation that destabilizes the Indo Pacific"
"China just proved itself again to be a bully on the block," he said.
China has called the launch "routine" but both Australia and New Zealand have sharply criticised the missile test, calling it destabilising.
Some Pacific officials have also expressed unease about the test to the ABC — but so far no Pacific nations have issued any public statements criticising Beijing's actions.
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I'm Josh Boscaini joining you live from Parliament House in Canberra, here and ready to bring you all of today's federal politics news.
We're likely to get some more reaction this morning after China test-fired a nuclear-capable ballistic missile armed with a dummy warhead in the Pacific Ocean.
Let's get right into the day and see what we get!
Preguntas abiertas
- Will Pacific nations issue public statements?
- What is China's long-term strategy in the Pacific?