US and France weigh in on bitter China-Australia tweet row over Afghanistan image but Beijing holds firm
More countries are weighing in on the public rift between China and Australia over a controversial tweet as tensions – which were already high because of trade bans by Beijing – continue to escalate.Cale Brown, deputy spokesman for the US State Department, said the tweet by Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian featuring a digital illustration of an Australian soldier appearing to murder a child in Afghanistan, was “another example of its unchecked use of disinformation and coercive…
South China Morning Post
Wed, 02 Dec 2020 16:01:07 +0800
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