Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison has urged the federal government to review Australia’s long-standing One China policy. Mr. Morrison visited Taiwan on Oct. 10, the National Day of the Republic of China (ROC). In a speech at Taipei, he said Australia would stand firmly with Taiwan to keep the peace and freedom of the Taiwanese people free from any threat of force or aggression. Australia follows the United States’ strategic ambiguity policy when it comes to Taiwan, where leadership will neither confirm or deny whether the country will come to Taiwan’s military aid if the self-governed island is attacked. It emphasises more on protecting the status quo and safeguarding against conflict in the region....Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/australia-will-stand-with-taiwan-former-pm-5508761
Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong has revealed the motivations behind her push to bring detained Australian journalist Cheng Lei home, saying it was a promise she made to Ms. Cheng’s children. This follows the return of the Chinese-born Australian journalist, who had spent three years behind bars in China. Ms. Cheng was working as a journalist for the China Global Television Network (CGTN), a state-owned media outlet, when she was accused of illegally supplying state secrets overseas. Speaking to reporters on Oct. 12—a day after Ms. Cheng landed in Melbourne—Ms. Wong said she was “more emotional” than Ms. Cheng upon her return.... 
The bloody war between Israel and Hamas is rattling nerves across the globe—with one island really feeling the heat. An Israeli envoy’s plea to China to “talk with Iran” to prevent a wider war puts the regime’s stance on the Hamas war to the test. Tensions take to the sky in Taiwan. Chinese fighter jets soar above the Taiwan Strait as a warning to nearby U.S. warplanes. The Russian president makes a rare trip overseas, but where is he going? We take a look at Beijing’s Belt and Road summit, and why India might be absent....
Former Alabama Democrat Senator Doug Jones is keeping the pressure on the Chinese Communist Party to more forcefully condemn the Palestinian terrorists that launched an extensive coordinated attack from Gaza on Oct. 7, killing hundreds of Israeli civilians. In an interview with NTD News’ “Capitol Report” on Thursday, Mr. Jones said a forceful condemnation of the Oct. 7 attacks by the Chinese regime “could have a dramatic effect” on the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group, by signaling to its partners in the region that the Chinese people won’t condone the violence from the Palestinian side. Since the Oct. 7 attacks, Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have carried out retaliatory strikes over Gaza and have blockaded the territory, cutting off food, water, and electricity to the area....