Australia says it is closely monitoring a Chinese research vessel near its coast. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the ship traveled from New Zealand to Australia's southern coast. Albanese says similar ships have been seen operating near Australia starting in 2020.
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00:00Australia says it is monitoring a Chinese research vessel operating near its coast.
00:05The open-source platform Marine Traffic shows the Tansuo Yihao close to Australia's Victoria
00:10state.
00:11Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he would prefer the ship wasn't there.
00:16Albanese says it was near New Zealand earlier and will likely return to China from Australia's
00:20southern coast.
00:22Chinese research vessels have been increasingly seen in waters near Australia and the Indian
00:27Ocean.
00:28Experts say they could be mapping the ocean floor to assist with submarine warfare.
00:33China says this is part of normal maritime activities.