Calls to Scrap China Sister-City Links Amid ‘Offensive’ Tweet and Recent Trade Tariffs
Recent trade tariffs and an “offensive” tweet by the Chinese regime have prompted calls for Australia-China sister-city arrangements to be scrapped.
The calls come amid the introduction of new federal powers The Foreign Relations Bill which will see arrangements with foreign nations at all levels of government vetoed if they that aren’t in Australia’s national interests.
Wagga Wagga councillor Paul Funnell, who sought to terminate his city’s 32-year-old sister-city relationship with Kunming, China in April following the outbreak of the CCP virus, welcomed the federal government’s bill.