(Sydney Composite Electric) Australia's Defense Chief Daton said on Friday that Australia was discovered on the western coast and was tracking a Chinese intelligence ship, and Beijing's move was described as "aggression."
Daton specially held a press conference in Perth that day. He revealed that in the past week, Australia has been tracking the spy ship and found that it drove over the Harold Holt (Harold E Holt) Naval Communication Station.Australia, the United States, and allies are using this communication station.
Daton answered the reporter's question: "I think this is an aggression. This ship will come to such a distant south. This is a strange time, there is no precedent ... it has always been close to the military on the West Coast of Australia.And intelligence facilities. "
He also said that in the past year's military exercises, other Chinese ships have also stopped on waters near the East Coast of Australia.
Australia will hold a national election on the 21st of this month, so Daton believes that the Chinese intelligence ship appears at this time in Australia's waters.
China ’s threat to Australia’ s national security is a hot topic for campaign.Not only that, the tension between China and Australia has always been a debate between the United Government and the Opposition Labor Party.
China signed a security agreement with the Solomon Islands in April this year, which is considered a diplomatic victory in Beijing.However, this has aroused concerns about Australia, New Zealand and the United States, and worrying that it will make China a strategic foothold in the Pacific region.Although the details of the Security Agreement of the two countries have not been disclosed, there is news that the agreement will allow Chinese warships to stop in the Solomon Islands.The Solomon Islands are about 2,000 kilometers from Australia.
The Labor Party criticized the Morrison government to be unable to stop the signing of the agreement, and described this as the worst foreign policy failure since the Second World War.
In addition, Sofeld, a former senior commissioner in the Solomon Islands in the Solomon Islands, accused the Morrison government inappropriate on the issue of the Pacific Islands, which led to sign a security agreement with the Solomon Islands.
Sofeld (78 years old) served as the highest commissioner in the Solomon Islands in the Solomon Islands from 1981 to 1985.Sophist showed that he supported Morrison in the last election, but he is now dissatisfied with the Morrison government's mistakes in the Pacific."They ignore their responsibility for national security. I think the Solomon Islands are one of the key factor."
