Australians Remain Frosty Towards China as Wariness Over Taiwan Military Threat Grows

Australians Remain Frosty Towards China as Wariness Over Taiwan Military Threat Grows
Chinese paramilitary police guard an alley in a street next to Tiananmen Square ahead of an overnight rehearsal of a military parade to mark Communist China's 70th anniversary, in Beijing on Sept. 7, 2019. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images
Rebecca Zhu
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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.

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