Days before Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull makes his first official visit to Beijing, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported that Australia's Chinese community held a forum in Sydney on April 10, 2016, to "clarify facts and standardise understanding" about the South China Sea dispute. The aims of the forum "were to unify thoughts through exchanges, to bring together forces which could protect the core interests of the Chinese nation, to make a call for justice to Australian political circles, so that it can make appropriate preparations for a possible 'crisis situation'". A representative of the Australian Action Committee for Protecting Peace and Justice reportedly said 'the South China Sea issue involves the Chinese people's core interests', and that the "South China Sea arbitration" will in no way change the fact that the various islands of the South China Sea and nearby sea areas belong to China. He added: "This is the correct attitude which we the overseas Chinese elite should uphold." About 60 people attended the gathering.  The Chinese Embassy in Canberra reportedly did not respond to questions about whether any of its officials participated in the forum.