Pictured: Ambassador Cheng Jingye
Australia's lucrative tourism and education sectors could be next in the firing line if Canberra doesn't bow down to Beijing, China's top diplomat in Australia has warned.
Ambassador Cheng Jingye told an Australia China Business Council briefing in Canberra on Thursday, the bitter diplomatic spat between the two nations is all Australia's fault and hinted more economic pain is to come.
He said the rising tension would make Chinese students and tourists think twice about heading Down Under.
The comments echoed similar remarks he made in April last year when the 'wolf warrior' diplomat said Chinese customers may not want to buy Australia beef and wine after Scott Morrison called for an independent inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus - which first appeared in Wuhan in 2019.