BEIJING: China warned on Tuesday that Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States were treading a "path of error and danger" after they unveiled a nuclear-powered submarines agreement.

Australia announced on Monday it would buy up to five such submarines from the US, then build a new model with American and British technology under an ambitious plan to bulk up Western muscle across the Asia-Pacific in the face of a rising China.

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