China Looms Large at Australia-Japan Meeting

Australia's defense and foreign affairs ministers will sit down with their Japanese counterparts in Sydney Wednesday for their annual Two-Plus-Two gathering. China - though not present - loomed large at the gathering. The Sydney conference is held as regional tensions continue to simmer. Last week a Chinese warship narrowly avoided a collision with an American destroyer in the South China Sea, while Japan is increasingly concerned about Beijing’s territorial ambitions in the East...

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