Commentary
We have been warned that the region could be at war in the coming years.
It was not the Australian prime minister who uttered the words. Nor was it the defence minister or the Chief of the Defence Forces. Nor was it the president of the United States.
Ominously, the warnings have come from the senior leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Chinese leader Xi Jinping told the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to “focus all its energy on fighting” in preparation for war, the CCP publication the People’s Daily reported in November 2022.
Pictured in military clothing on a visit to the PLA command centre, Xi said the army must “comprehensively strengthen military training in preparation for war.”…