China Spreading Narrative That Democracies Failed to Handle Covid-19 Pandemic: Australian Diplomat


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Top Australia diplomat to U.K. George Brandis has strongly criticized the CCP-ruled China for exploiting the Coronavirus pandemic. He rebuked Beijing for utilizing the health crisis to undermine democracies by sharing disinformation and relying on questionable data to falsely claim that its autocratic model is better equipped to combat the COVID-19 emergency. Giving 2020 Gallipoli Memorial Lecture, Brandis said Beijing had been using the Coronavirus pandemic to give a push to its hostile intrusions into democratic systems, referring to the increased frequency in cybersecurity incidents in Australian institutions in the last few months, as stated by Australian Prime Minister Scott...