A new study has revealed that in the event of a military conflict between Beijing and Washington over Taiwan, just over half of Australians would be against physically entering the contest on Taiwanese soil.
However, Australians were keen to still support Taiwan, with 80 percent saying they would accept Taiwanese refugees into Australia, 76 percent supporting the imposition of economic and diplomatic sanctions on Beijing, 64 percent supporting the supply of military aid, and another 61 percent supporting the use of the Australian Navy to prevent China blockading the region around Taiwan.
The poll, completed by Sydney-based Lowy Institute, also shows that Australians persist in seeing China as a security threat, with a majority of the county continuing to believe it is “very” or “somewhat” likely that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will become a military threat to the country within the next 20 years….