US, Australia, Japan forge union against China

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 03, 2022 12:22 am

HONOLULU: The defense ministers of the United States, Australia and Japan agreed Saturday to boost military cooperation in the face of China's growing ambitions.

'We are deeply concerned by China's increasingly aggressive and bullying behavior in the Taiwan Strait, and elsewhere in the region,' US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said as he welcomed his counterparts from Australia and Japan to the US military headquarters for the Pacific region.

CHINA THREAT People gather on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House during a protest against the Chinese Communist Party on its 73rd anniversary in power on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022 (October 2 in Manila), in Washington, D.C. The defense ministers of the United States, Australia and Japan agreed on Saturday to boost military cooperation in the face of China’s growing ambitions. AFP PHOTO

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