Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has warned of tension and mistrust amid reports China has installed weapons on all seven of its artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea.
A US think tank has been tracking developments with satellite images and is confident in its assessment Beijing has deployed anti- aircraft and anti-missiles systems on the islands.
Ms Bishop, without naming China specifically, on Thursday urged countries with competing claims in the disputed maritime territory to refrain from “coercive behaviour and unilateral actions”.

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