Western media dishonest on deterioration of China-Australia ties – Opinion – Chinadaily.com.cn

Recently, China has placed a series of tariffs and anti-dumping charges on a series of imports from Australia. The goods, which are lucrative to Canberra’s exporters, concern barley, coal and most recently, Australian wine. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian had stated that Beijing “bares no responsibility for the situation” and had two weeks ago set out a list of grievances, or 14 points, as to what Canberra did in order to trigger the situation, which focuses on the unprecedented hostility that Australia’s politics, media and academia have shown toward China over a course of several years. The mainstream media…