New Delhi, June 23 (PTI): China is the “largest security anxiety” for Australia and India and Beijing’s actions along the Line of Actual Control as well as in the South China Sea were reflective of its growing assertiveness, Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said on Thursday. Marles, the first senior leader to visit India after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s centre-left Labor Party came to power last month, also said China has been attempting to shape the world in an unprecedented way. He also said Australia sees India as “completely central” to its world view, and deeper defence and security cooperation between the two countries is absolutely crucial to protect the rules-based global order, including in the Indo-Pacific region. “For Australia, China is our largest trading partner and so is for India… For Australia, China is our largest security anxiety. That is also the same for India. How to reconcile these two things i
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