Commentary
“Do as we say, not as we do” is clearly the attitude of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In his recent media appearance, the new Chinese ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian, instructed us that obtaining nuclear powered submarines pursuant to the AUKUS agreement would not be constructive. It would not be helpful, he added, saying that it would set a bad example.
Reading these remarks would lead the uninformed to conclude that the CCP was actively discouraging nuclear-powered military equipment.  But the restrictions that it wants applied to Australia are totally breached by the Chinese regime itself.
Consider the use of nuclear power by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) navy. Of its 56 submarines, 12 are nuclear powered, and more are being built. Its navy is being expanded at a fast rate. Not only are its submarines nuclear powered, six of them carry intercontinental nuclear missiles….