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[Global Times Report] Regarding the Taiwan issue, former Australian Prime Minister Keating criticized former US House Speaker Pelosi.

According to the Australian news website "Dialogue", former Australian Prime Minister Keating said in an interview that "Taiwan belongs to China". This common sense statement actually caused dissatisfaction among Pelosi, who declared Keating's remarks "stupid". In response, Keating issued a statement on the 13th to refute, accusing Pelosi of "reckless and willful" in her visit to Taiwan in 2022, which almost led the United States and China into a military confrontation.

According to previous reports by Australian media, Keating criticized the current government's defense and foreign policy for abandoning the traditional values ​​of the Labor Party on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) current affairs talk show "7.30" on the 8th. Keating criticized that Australia's joining "Ocus" and tying it to the United States and Britain is "the worst agreement in history." On the Taiwan issue, Keating is deeply worried about the current Australian government's practice of tying itself to the United States. He said that the Americans say they want to protect Taiwan, but in fact Taiwan is China's "property"; once a war breaks out in the Taiwan Strait, the Americans will not fight with all their strength, "and then the United States suddenly withdraws, and we will bear all the blame."

On the 13th, also on ABC's "7.30" program, Pelosi declared in response to Keating's remarks that "he should know that Taiwan is not China's property." She also criticized Keating for making "stupid remarks" that "are not in line with the security interests of the Asia-Pacific region."