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China’s Global Times mouthpiece slams ‘anti-intellectual’ Aussies COVID-19 lockdowns
Beijing’s propaganda mouthpiece the Global Times has labelled Australians anti-intellectual and accused the Morrison government of adopting the same drastic pandemic measures it has long criticised in China.
Brianna McKeeDigital Reporter
August 3, 2021 - 8:59AM
The Global Times has highlighted the “irony” of Australia’s recent militarised response to the Delta outbreak, claiming it resembles Chinese pandemic measures previously condemned as anti-democratic by Canberra diplomats.
The comments come as relations between Australia and China have deteriorated following retaliatory trade action by the CCP after Prime Minister Scott Morrison called for an independent inquiry into the origins of COVID-19.