China News Service, September 17th. According to the website of the Chinese Embassy in Australia, the spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in Australia stated that China firmly opposes and rejects the joint statement of the Australia-U.S. Double Ministerial Conference on September 17 involving the South China Sea, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The unprovoked accusations and wrong statements against China on a series of China-related issues.
The remarks disregarded facts, violated international law and the basic norms of international relations, and grossly interfered in China's internal affairs.
This little trick to try to put pressure on the Chinese side will only laugh generously and will not succeed.
Screenshot of the website of the Chinese Embassy in Australia.
We urge Australia to abandon the outdated Cold War zero-sum mentality and narrow geopolitical concepts, and to be able to truly handle relations with China independently and not to go further and further on the road of harming China-Australia relations. Doing more is conducive to enhancing mutual trust and promotion between the two countries. A matter of pragmatic cooperation.