China 's state-run media has launched a scathing attack on Australia after former Prime Minister Tony Abbott travelled to Taiwan . Mr Abbott will on Friday address the Yushan Forum organised by the Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation think tank, just days after China flexed its military muscle by flying 150 warplanes into Taiwan's air defence zone last. The Global Times, the Chinese Communist Party's media mouthpiece, warned Australia is heading toward a showdown with Beijing amid 'further acts of recklessness' from Canberra. The publication added Australia was becoming a 'chess piece' in the US' 'anti-China strategy'. Former Australian Prime Minister Tony…