Australia and allies must plan for pushback against China over Taiwan, analyst says

China Matters thinktank says decision makers need to prepare for all means short of war' scenario

Australia should plan with allies how to jointly push back if Beijing intensifies pressure on Taiwan, amid fears Xi Jinping could deploy all means short of war" to seek unification, a leading analyst has argued.

Linda Jakobson, the founding director of the Australia-based China Matters thinktank, said Australia should care about the future of Taiwan as it was the kind of vibrant, free and democratic society that Australia wants to see flourish across the Indo-Pacific".