‘Abusing China’s restraint’: Beijing accuses Australia of provocation at sea

Global Times quotes comments by foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin on military encounters in the South China Sea

China has accused Australia of provocation in the South China Sea and said Australia - along with the United States and Canada - must refrain from abusing China's restraint".

Foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin was responding to a question about recent military encounters in the South China Sea, including reports in Politico that a Chinese fighter jet had an unsafe" and unprofessional" interaction with an American C-130 aircraft.