Chinese citizens could avoid Australian products and universities if Prime Minister Scott Morrison doesn’t stop calling for an international enquiryinto the coronavirus origins, Chinese Ambassador to Australia Cheng Jingyehas said in what is fast developing into a testy diplomatic exchange between the two countries.
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Australian Foreign Minister MarisePayne said Cheng’s threats will not deter a push for transparency, calling the remarks “economic coercion.”
“Australia has made a principled call for an independent review of the COVID-19 outbreak, an unprecedented global crisis with severe health, economic and social impacts,” she said, according to Sky News. “We reject any suggestion that economic coercion is an appropriate response to a call for such an assessment, when what we need is global cooperation.”
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