No reason for China to apologise to Australia for live-fire drills, ambassador says


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China doesn’t even need to “think” about apologising over the way it notified Australia about live-fire naval drills off the Australian coast, the country’s ambassador says. Xiao Qian told the ABC the drills last Friday and Saturday posed “no threat” to Australia and were “a normal kind of practice for many navies in the world”. He said the notification of the drills had followed normal international practice, despite Australian authorities first becoming aware of them after they began, from a passing Virgin pilot. “There should be no over-reading into this,” the ambassador said, insisting Australia and China were “comprehensive strategic...