Why China's infamous '14 grievances' list was a 'massive own goal'

Australia’s top diplomat has labelled China’s infamous “14 grievances” list a “massive own goal.” Frances Adamson, the Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and a former ambassador to Beijing, said the list, handed exclusively to 9News “had played very negatively” for China. “I couldn’t understand why they did it and I don’t know that they really understood themselves, exactly what they were doing with that list,” she said. © AP Chinese President Xi Jinping’s government has maintained a frosty relationship with Australia. READ MORE: Why the US-China rivalry is extending from Earth into space Load Error A…