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‘Why would China even bother to attack if you don’t taunt her’: Sam & Hugh answer your comments

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Episode ‘Why would China even bother to attack if you don’t taunt her’: Sam & Hugh answer your comments

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“And great powers do use armed force against countries that obstruct their vision of regional, or for that matter, global order. And, you know, it's worth remembering that that's why the United States has a great power went to war with Vietnam and Iraq and Iraq again, and Iran and Afghanistan.

“So, you know, Australia, thinking about its strategic future in Asia, can't afford to overlook the possibility that if Australia does effectively and sort of systematically oppose China's vision of regional order, then we can expect to get some pushback, and we can’t rule out the possibility that pushback includes military pushback.”

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