• Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml
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    7 months ago

    He said the US was “deeply concerned” about an incident in which a Chinese fighter jet was accused of dropping flares close to an Australian helicopter in the Yellow Sea (between China’s eastern coast and South Korea’s western coast) on Saturday.

    Kritenbrink said the incident was part of a broader trend in which China’s military was becoming “more aggressive and assertive at operating in waters and airspace on the periphery of China”.

    Complete lack of self awareness

      • RedJoshi@lemmygrad.ml
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        7 months ago

        That's exactly the question you won't see in any western media. I'm not a fan of militarism in any context but whenever these stories come up it's worth remembering that the Empire has a massive military presence surrounding China, not the other way around.