Senior Chinese diplomat says Australian prime minister overreacted to ‘war crimes’ tweet
- 3 years ago
China’s Deputy Ambassador to Australia said that Prime Minister Scott Morrison overreacted to a Chinese official’s tweet which included a fake image while accusing Australian soldiers of committing war crimes in Afghanistan. Chinese envoy to Australia Wang Xining made his remark about Morrison’s response on December 4, 2020, days after Beijing’s foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian tweeted using a fabricated image portraying an Australian soldier holding a bloodied knife to the throat of an…