CANBERRA: A visiting Chinese official warned Australia on Tuesday to act with "great prudence" in deploying warships in the South China Sea after a recent confrontation between the two navies.

Liu Jianchao, the Chinese Communist Party's international minister, gave the warning while speaking at a university in the city of Sydney during a trip that paves the way for President Xi Jinping's visit to the island continent, expected to take place next year.

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