SYDNEY: No country can be allowed to dominate the Indo-Pacific, the leaders of France and Australia said on Wednesday, as regional capitals fret over the rise of an increasingly assertive China.

French President Emmanuel Macron said the two nations—alongside fellow democracy India—had a responsibility to protect the region from “hegemony”—a veiled reference to Beijing’s growing might.

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