00:00China's military has criticized the passage of an Australian and a Canadian warship through the
00:05Taiwan Strait, accusing the two countries of, quote, troublemaking and provocation.
00:10Neither the Canadian nor the Australian Armed Forces have responded directly to China's
00:14statement. A spokesperson for the Canadian government says the ship was part of the
00:18country's peacekeeping mission in the Indo-Pacific. Australia has recently strengthened
00:23defense ties with countries like Japan and the UK as China ramps up regional pressure.
00:28Beijing claims both Taiwan and the Strait as part of its territory.
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