Australian PM Pressed on Dangerous Chinese Sonar Incident in Parliament

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been confronted by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton in Question Time over whether he raised a deadly sonar incident with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping. On Nov. 14, a Chinese destroyer approached an area where the Australian Navy’s HMAS Toowoomba was conducting a mission in international waters inside Japan’s exclusive economic zone. Despite warnings that Australian navy personnel were in the water, the Chinese destroyer turned on its hull-mounted sonar, forcing divers who were operating near the frigate to exit, suffering minor injuries. Just days later, Mr. Albanese met with the CCP leader Xi Jinping at a recent APEC meeting in San Francisco on Nov. 17....