The United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on his first official trip to Australia for the QUAD Security Dialogue, has said that China is seeking to institute a new world order characterised by illiberalism that will allow it to dominate the world. Speaking to The Australian newspaper in an exclusive interview, Blinken said that in recent years the world has seen China become more aggressive internationally and more repressive domestically. “To my mind, there’s little doubt that China’s ambition over time is to be the leading military, economic, diplomatic and political power not just in the ­region but in the world,” the Secretary of State said. “What we’ve seen in recent years is China acting more ­repressively at home and more aggressively to the region.” He stressed that he believes it is important for countries like Australia, the United States, and other like-minded nations to resist this behaviour and noted …