Australia urged to stop fake news of China infiltration

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday urged Australian media and institutions to stop hyping China spying cases and fabricating biased “China infiltration theories.”

Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said at a routine press conference that the Australian media should respect the truth, abide by professional ethics and stop behaving irresponsibly and “doing ridiculous things.”

China never interferes in other countries’ internal affairs and advocates that different countries explore development paths based on their own situations, said Geng.

“We abide by our words. Can the Australian government follow suit?” Geng said.

Some Australian forces and people had no intention of knowing the truth and ignored the official information issued by the Chinese side, making up absurd and flawed “evidence” to defame China, the spokesman said. “A lie repeated a thousand times is still a lie,” Geng said.

Geng said some Australian people should not politicize normal communication on trade, education and technology out of political purposes and ideological bias. Stigmatizing the normal activities of overseas Chinese in the country and defaming their love for China have disturbed bilateral cooperation, which will ultimately damage Australia’s own image and interest, Geng said.

Geng also called on the Australian government to accept an objective and rational voice and clarify falsified accusations against China to promote mutual trust and cooperation.