Good Morning, Australia! – China announces an aggressive policy – Doubts over the government’s plans to strip citizenship from suspected terrorists – Nepal is dealing with those who prey on children after the killer earthquakes – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Chinese military officials say the country needs to shift its defense priorities from land to sea – which coincides with China’s island building and territorial claims in the South China Sea, hundreds of kilometers away from its internationally accepted maritime boundaries.  The strategy white paper highlights four areas of critical importance – the ocean, outer space, nuclear weapons, and cyber space.  The paper goes on to say that China “will not attack unless attacked, but will counterattack”, citing the “provocative actions of certain offshore neighbors” – a clear reference to Vietnam and the Philippines – and “outside parties involving themselves in South China Sea affairs” – The US and its allies, possibly Australia and Japan.

To counter the growing threat from China, Japan says it will take part in a major US-Australian military exercise in Tasmania in July.  This is the first time Japan Self Defense Forces will take part, and in line with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s drive to modernize the military to include training for “collective self defense” with its allies, the US and Oz.  China has a separate maritime dispute with Japan in the East China Sea over the Senkaku Islands, which have been recognized as part of Japan for more than a century.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott planned legislation to make it easier to strip the Australian citizenship away from terrorism suspects with dual-nationality is already coming under fire. Leading barrister and former independent monitor of national security legislation Bret Walker SC told the ABC that any such moves must be based on actual convictions or something equivalent, not just the whims of government ministers.  Abbott claims his plan will contain provisions for judicial reviews.

The wife and children of an Australian terrorist is apparently trying to return to Sydney from Syria – a family that includes a seven-year old boy photographed holding a severed head.  Intelligence sources told Fairfax Media that there’s no indications that Khaled Sharrouf himself is attempting to return to Australia, where he would face trial and imprisonment.  But his wife Tara Nettleton has held a clandestine meeting in Malaysia with her mother from Sydney.  Apparently, life in lovely Syria is not all it is cracked up to be.

A court in Austria convicted a 14-year old boy of terrorism charges including plotting to bomb a train station in the capital Vienna.  The Turkish-born teen will spend the next eight months in prison.  Like many European countries, Austria is struggling with children seduced by Islamic State propaganda.  A 16-year old Vienna girl is currently on trial on charges of supporting terrorism.

Nepal says children will only be allowed to travel while accompanied by their parents or a legal guardian.  This is to prevent the trafficking of homeless children living in tent camps who lost their homes in the country’s powerful earthquakes.  The quakes on 25 April and 12 May killed more than 8,600 people.

Poachers killed almost half of Mozambique’s elephants in the past five years.  The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) says Tanzanian poachers have already gutted that country’s elephant population, so they’re increasingly crossing the boarder into Mozambique’s Niassa National Reserve.

Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza is asking the public to donate money for controversial elections in which he is seeking a third term in office.  Opponents say a third term is unconstitutional, and the issue set off weeks of violent street clashes and even a failed coup attempt.  The plea for funds comes as the money is running out.  Burundi is almost totally dependent on foreign aid from wealthier countries, and some – such as Belgium – have cut it off because of Nkurunziza’s power grab.

Here’s a bright idea – Barcelona, Spain has installed the first six streetlights powered by the sun and the wind, and completely independent of the city’s power grid.  The wind turbine is super-lightweight, and will turn with the gentlest breeze.  And since the bulbs are LEDs, little power is needed to keep them going overnight.  The plan is to install these units across the city.