US should warn China: Target the Australian mainland, we'll target yours

Responding to the new “AUKUS” security agreement, China says it will target the Australian mainland in the event of war.

In an editorial on Wednesday, the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda newspaper the Global Times didn’t hold back. “Once the Australian army fights the People’s Liberation Army in the Taiwan Straits or the South China Sea,” it warned, “military targets in Australia will inevitably become targets of Chinese missiles. Since Australia has become an anti-China spearhead, the country should prepare for the worst.” The Global Times clarified that “China will certainly punish [Australia] with no mercy.”