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While the world is distracted, China is making its move
Jennifer Parker | 7 August 2026 *Originally published in The Australian on 7 August 2026 Image: Chinese Coast Guard Vessel provided by Philippine's Coast Guard (https://x.com/jaytaryela/status/2000797031938580553?s=20) The global pressures of 2026 have created no shortage of distractions. An increasingly interventionist US administration has added to flashpoints from the Middle East to Venezuela and Greenland, consuming the attention of the media, the public and Australia’s s