China blasts 'extremely irresponsible' Australia-US nuclear sub deal

Name: China blasts 'extremely irresponsible' Australia-US nuclear sub deal
Uploaded: 2021-09-16T11:05:08+00:00
Duration: 3 min 16 s

Issued on: 16/09/2021 - 13:05

Beijing on Thursday slammed a new US alliance with Australia and Britain, under which Canberra will acquire nuclear submarine technology, as an "extremely irresponsible" threat to regional stability. The agreement "seriously undermines regional peace and stability and intensifies the arms race", Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a regular press briefing. FRANCE 24's Patrick Fok tells us more.