Government says PLA J-16 forced Australian P-8 on routine surveillance into a dangerous manoeuvre over South China Sea
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The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has denounced an incident in which a Chinese fighter plane forced an Australian plane into a dangerous manoeuvre. China’s actions were “an act of aggression and a dangerous act”, Albanese told reporters in Jakarta on Monday evening.
