China australian war

Key points: Xi Jinping said this week that Western countries led by the US are implementing the suppression and containment of China; Mr Rudd says the comments ...

in helping to provide advice on how things may be stabilised, then I'll play that small role." According to the Pentagon's China Military Power November 2022 report, China's navy is currently the world's largest and now has around 340 warships and submarines, of which 12 are nuclear-powered submarines. "I would suggest that it's important for us also to analyse how the strategic environment in Asia and the Indo-Pacific, and for that matter globally, is changing because of China's own military rise," he said. "The strategic environment within East Asia and the West Pacific is changing because of that fact," Mr Rudd said. Part of the explanation for the statements, Mr Rudd said, was that the premier was addressing a domestic audience, seeking to divert blame for China's economic and other woes. He said it was Australia's role as a friend and ally of the US to help build "guardrails" into the relationship to avert a dangerous deterioration, "...so that we do not end up with a crisis, escalation and war by accident."