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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.
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From plush toys getting makeovers to kiwis on surfboards. Credits: Newshub (File)
After almost 400 days without us Kiwis, tourism operators in Queensland have been more than enthusiastic about our return to their shores - so much so they spent the weekend creating a series of entertaining videos and photos to celebrate the return of New Zealanders.
Get Wet Surf School, Gold Coast
Jason Killian from Get Wet Surf School has missed Kiwis so much he strapped an inflatable version of his favourite traveller onto his surfboard and took it for a quick spin on the Gold Coast waves last week.