Africa Business Radio

Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned against interference from external forces in the region, as Australia shrugged off Beijing’s growing anger about its decision to acquire US nuclear-powered submarines, and promised to defend the rule of law in airspace and waters where China has staked hotly-contested claims.Xi urged heads of state to absolutely resist external forces to interfere in countries in their region at any excuse and hold the future of our countries’ development and progress firmly in their hands.China’s state-owned publication Global Times also described Australia as a pawn of the US and called it naive for financing America’s cold war gambit.