Rudd Sounds Alarm on China-Taiwan Risk as AUKUS Submarine Defences Reassured

Kevin Rudd delivered a stark warning to the National Press Club, declaring a "one-in-three chance" China will attempt to seize Taiwan by 2028. The former prime minister argued that the shifting military balance of power in China's favour makes this a "borrowed time" scenario that could trigger a devastating war involving the United States and Australia. Rudd called for a "radical change in our national mindset" and an urgent overhaul of economic and security policy to avoid sliding...