Major Chinese state paper calls for a military strike on Australian ships that enter the South China Sea

Business Insider 9 hours ago 

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China’s state-run Global Times has published an editorial attacking Australia for supporting the recent international ruling on China’s activities in the South China Sea and called for strikes on any Australian ships which might undertake “freedom-of-navigation” activities in the region. The editorial said Australia “is not even a ‘paper tiger’, it’s only a ‘paper cat’ at best”. It says that even though “Australia calls itself a principled country… when it needs to please Washington, it demonstrates willingness of doing anything in a show of allegiance”. As a result, the Global Times says (our emphasis): China must take revenge and let it know it’s wrong. Australia’s power means nothing compared ...