China’s military drills around self-ruled Taiwan were expected but “concerning”, US Lieutenant General Stephen Sklenka said Thursday. “We expected something like this, frankly,” the US Indo-Pacific Command deputy commander told an audience in Canberra. “Just because we expect that behaviour does not mean that we should not condemn it, and we need to condemn it publicly,” he added.

 

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