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Australia demands apology after Chinese government spokesperson shares ‘falsified’ and ‘repugnant’ depiction of Australian soldier
https://www.theepochtimes.com/australia-demands-apology-from-china-for-repugnant-tweet-by-ccp-spokesman_3597926.html
>Australia demands apology after Chinese government spokesperson shares ‘falsified’ and ‘repugnant’ depiction of Australian soldier
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison wants a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official to apologise to Australia for posting on Twitter a fake image of an Australian soldier threatening a child with a knife.
Morrison called a press conference on Monday to denounce the fake image and called it a “terrible slur” on the men and women who serve Australia in uniform.
“The repugnant post made today of an image—a falsified image—of an Australian soldier threatening a young child with a knife; a post made on an official Chinese government Twitter account, posted by the deputy director-general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Lijian Zhao, is truly repugnant,” Morrison said.
The prime minister then said the government wanted an apology from Zhao, who shared the “outrageous post” on Twitter.
“It is utterly outrageous, and it cannot be justified on any basis whatsoever,” Morrison said. “The Chinese government should be totally ashamed of this post. It diminishes them in the world’s eyes.”
Zhao published the fake image in relation to revelations that some Australian special forces soldiers unlawfully killed civilians in Afghanistan during a mission there—writing that the Chinese regime condemned the alleged acts.
Morrison said Australia would handle it through the normal channels and not engage in what he called “deplorable behaviour.”
But with China not taking Australia’s calls, Canberra will convey its feelings via the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to China’s ambassador in Australia and they will also be conveyed by Australia’s ambassador in China.
The government was also seeking the image’s removal from Twitter, but as of publishing, the post remains.
The prime minister acknowledged there has been tension between Australia and China but said Zhao’s Twitter post was not the way to handle things.
Beijing’s 200 percent tariffs on wines have been the latest strike by the Chinese regime in response to Australia’s adjustment of its policy settings toward the regime, the introduction of foreign interference laws, and Australia’s call for an inquiry in the origins of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus (novel coronavirus) pandemic.
Morrison said he hopes the incident will see China reengage in dialogue with Australia.
The leader of the Opposition Labor Party, Anthony Albanese, joined the prime minister in condemning the tweet, telling Parliament the image was “gratuitous, inflammatory, and deeply offensive.”
“Australia’s condemnation of this image is above politics and we all stand as a nation in condemning it,” Albanese said.
>posted by the deputy director-general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Lijian Zhao
https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/lijian-zhao-tweet-where-chinas-sick-photo-originated/news-story/627350886f62bc102d54355fea397de1
Zhao Lijian appears to have lifted the image from a Weibo post by nationalist artist “Crowd Kylin.”
The social media user was also quick to respond to the furore in Australia posting: “I heard ScoMo had a big problem with my work.”
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