Backing Australia, US State Department says China hit 'new low' with doctored image


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SYDNEY: The United States has called China's use of a digitally manipulated image of an Australian soldier a "new low", weighing into the dispute between Canberra and Beijing over the tweet. China has rebuffed Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's calls for an apology after its foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian posted the picture of an Australian soldier holding a bloodied knife to the throat of an Afghan child on Monday (Nov 30). China's embassy said the "rage and roar" from Australian politicians and media over the image was an overreaction. But other nations, including the United States, New Zealand and...