Australian naval divers injured after being subjected to Chinese warship’s sonar pulses
Australian naval divers injured after being subjected to Chinese warship’s sonar pulses
Acting prime minister criticises Chinese ship’s ‘unsafe and unprofessional conduct’ after Australian sailors had requested it stay clear
The acting prime minister, Richard Marles, on Saturday said the Australian government had expressed “serious concerns” to Chinese officials after Australia's HMAS Toowoomba encountered a People’s Liberation Army-Navy destroyer.
The Toowoomba was in international waters in Japan’s exclusive economic zone, having worked to enforce United Nations sanctions, and was on its way to a scheduled port visit when fishing nets became entangled around its propellers.
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The acting prime minister, Richard Marles, on Saturday said the Australian government had expressed “serious concerns” to Chinese officials after the HMAS Toowoomba encountered a People’s Liberation Army-Navy destroyer on Tuesday.
The Toowoomba was in international waters in Japan’s exclusive economic zone, having worked to enforce United Nations sanctions, and was on its way to a scheduled port visit when fishing nets became entangled around its propellers.
The ship stopped so naval divers could clear the nets and its crew communicated what it was doing through the usual maritime channels, Marles said in a statement.
The Chinese vessel acknowledged the message but came even closer, and was soon after detected operating its hull-mounted sonar, posing a risk to the Australian divers’ safety, Marles said.
The defence force has for decades undertaken surveillance in the region and does so in accordance with international law, Marles said.
On Saturday, Albanese said he witnessed US president Joe Biden involved in a “warm discussion” with Xi during the APEC summit in San Francisco.
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People who think it didn't do a good job? In this instance, for example, it neglected to mention how the divers were affected, something I'd consider essential to a summary of this article.
It also started mentioning the Chinese vessel without any introduction, something it does quite frequently and that does, in my opinion, hamper the understandability of the text.At this point I'd rather it just quoted the article verbatim.
It is doing very innaccurate and misleading summaries. I've read a few which completely turned around important points in the actual article. This one is not a great summary either. If people see the downvotes they will hopefully realise the summary is wrong.