The Guardian | ‘Malicious slander’: China outraged by claim its consular officials infiltrated Australia politics
Foreign ministry spokesperson accuses unnamed people in Australia of ‘smearing and attacking China’ as diplomatic tensions worsen
China’s foreign ministry has hit back at the “malicious slander” that its consular officials in Australia may have been involved in infiltrating domestic politics, after reports some officials were named in warrants in connection with a foreign interference investigation.
Amid worsening diplomatic tensions, a foreign ministry spokesperson also accused some unnamed people in Australia of “doing whatever they can to fan up anti-China sentiments and catch eyeballs by smearing and attacking China, which only poisons China-Australia relations”.