‘Grave risk’ - Rudd issues grim warning on China: NCA Newswire
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has claimed there is a real risk the world could be brought to the brink of armed conflict over the next five years unless the United States and allies like Australia deter Beijing from moving to seize Taiwan.
China is still focused on reseizing control of Taiwan, despite moves by President Xi Jinping to stabilise the relationship with the US and Australia at last week’s G20 summit.
Mr Rudd issued a chilling warning about what would happen if China and the US were brought into conflict over Taiwan, saying it would be “of an order of magnitude not seen since the Second World War”.
“The next five years will very much shape and arguably determine the future stability of the Indo-Pacific region,” Mr Rudd said at the JG Crawford Oration held at the Australian National University.